[Verse 1] Saw her where the wild roses die Eyes like storms, and lips that lie She reached for me with pale, cold hands And pulled me down in dreaming sands [Pre-Chorus] She spoke in tongues no heart should know Said, "You're the one I've waited for" But in her gaze, a shadow slept A secret she had never kept [Chorus] She spoke in dreams and left me hollow A kiss, a curse I still follow Laid in her arms, I could not flee Now I walk where none can see Her song still haunts the air I breathe She was never truly free And now neither am I [Verse 2] I gave her all, I bent the knee She crowned me King of misery With garlands dead and eyes gone wide I woke alone, the world had died [Pre-Chorus] On the hill, the silence grows Where once her silver laughter rose Now ghosts in armor call my name Each lost to her eternal game [Chorus] She spoke in dreams and left me hollow A kiss, a curse I still follow Laid in her arms, I could not flee Now I walk where none can see Her voice still echoes endlessly She was never truly free And now neither am I [Bridge – whispered or softly sung] "I love you," she said... But the light in her eyes had already fled Now I sleep, but never rest Another knight among the blessed... [Final Chorus – crescendo into fade] She spoke in dreams and left me hollow A kiss, a curse I still follow Her heaven was a borrowed lie And I’m the truth she left to die She was never truly free She’s the belle without mercy And now… neither… am I
