The Lantern Veil (Burning in your Shadow Sequel)

The Lantern Veil Verse I In the chapel of the drowned, I prayed, To saints with hollow, eyeless grace. You wore a crown of candle flame, And vanished through the veil of space. Your name was carved in salted stone, A whisper sewn into my bone. Chorus I am burning in your shadow, Where no sun dares to go. You walk in light I’ll never know, And I remain below. Verse II The sea confessed your secret sins, In tongues the dead forgot to speak. I followed stars with broken fins, To find the ghost I could not keep. Your kiss was cold, your breath was wine, A sacrament of brine and brine. Bridge I The compass spun in serpent coils, The masthead wept in rust and oils. I saw your face in every storm, A mask of ash, a shifting form. You called me from the undertow, And I came, though I did not know. Chorus I am burning in your shadow, A wick that won’t expire. You haunt the wind, I haunt the flame, A martyr to your fire. Verse III You danced with jack-o’-lantern grace, Through catacombs of candlelight. Your laughter stitched the midnight lace, And turned my compass into blight. I drank the ink from sacred scrolls, To trace the map between our souls. Bridge II A raven bore your final vow, In blood upon a sailor’s brow. The tide withdrew, the stars grew still, The hourglass refused to fill. I searched the dark for where you’d go, Still burning in your shadow. Verse IV The relics of your love remain, A rosary of broken teeth. I wear your silence like a chain, And sleep beneath your wreath. The moon is hung, the altar bare, But I still feel you everywhere. Final Chorus I am burning in your shadow, A flame that feeds on loss. You are the saint I cannot reach, The cross I chose to cross. Outro So toll the bell, and seal the tomb, I’ll haunt the tide, I’ll haunt the gloom. Your shadow is my sacred woe, And still I burn, and still I go.