
Véronique de Vertuchesse - Give Me Your Heart
[Intro – Piano • Dark Strings] [Female Voice – French Accent • Low] They call me Véronique de Vertuchesse. Come see what love can become. [Verse 1] [Female Voice – Controlled] Behind the doors of my château stand wonders no human hands could make: a golden chalice blazing with rubies, a book that captures whoever reads, a dragon egg warm beneath the glass. Beautiful things born from broken men. They leave my arms with perfect manners. They never curse or speak my name. But something living has been taken— they'll never feel that love again. [Pre-Chorus] [Female Voice – Seductive] Every kiss leaves something behind. Every goodbye gives something to me. [Chorus – Full Band] [Female Voice – Powerful] GIVE ME YOUR HEART! I'll turn your sorrow into beauty! GIVE ME YOUR HEART! I'll make your love immortal! No master's hands could shape what a broken soul creates. Give me your heart— and I'll make it beautiful! [Verse 2] [Female Voice – Fascinated] Then Valentin walked through my ballroom, and every treasure seemed like dust. There was a light beneath his silence I knew I had to possess. I gave him hunts beneath the sunrise, midnight dances, wine and roses. He gave me laughter, gave me passion, then moved into my château walls. He tended every field and servant; the whole estate began to dream that wedding bells would soon be ringing. And maybe part of me did too. [Pre-Chorus – Darker] [Female Voice] But every night beside his heartbeat I heard the masterpiece within. [Chorus] [Female Voice – Obsessive] GIVE ME YOUR HEART! Let me make it last forever! GIVE ME YOUR HEART! Nothing I own could shine so bright! [Verse 3] [Female Voice – Cold] So I stopped touching him. I told him, “I desire you no more.” He begged for truth, but I gave him winter, then cast him broken from my door. [Female Voice – Furious] But nothing came! No jewel! No wonder! No beautiful form! WHY CAN'T I TAKE YOUR HEART? [Verse 4 – Years Passing] [Female Voice – Angry] I took more hearts. I filled more rooms. I tried to tear his world apart. But every loss I laid upon him failed to break that stubborn heart. Then came the rumor: his mother was wise, and blessed her son before she died. No darkness could claim his heart through suffering. No curse could take what lived inside. [Bridge – Heavy Build] [Female Voice – Commanding] I rode with my guard to Valentin's home. I stood at his gate with years of rage. VALENTIN! I HAVE COME FOR YOUR HEART! GIVE ME MY MASTERPIECE! [Band Cuts] [Male Voice – Warm • Emotional] Véronique... I've waited all these years to hold you once again. [Female Voice – Shocked] You... waited for me? [Male Voice] I never stopped loving you. [Female Voice – Breaking] And when his arms closed around me, I finally understood: I never wanted the light inside his heart locked behind glass. I wanted him. [Final Chorus – Huge • Emotional] [Female Voice] KEEP YOUR HEART! Let it beat beside me! KEEP YOUR LOVE! I don't want to own it anymore! [Male Voice] Take my hand, not what lives inside me. [Both Voices] No more trophies! No more empty souls! Love was never meant to live behind locked doors! [Outro – Piano • Years Passing] [Female Voice – Warm] We married beneath the château bells. Our children ran through rooms once cold. I opened the gallery one last time and gave every stolen feeling back. Across the land, empty hearts awakened, and learned that they could love again. Years turned our hair to silver. Still, his hand remained in mine. [Male Voice – Old • Frail] Véronique... [Female Voice – Old • Frail] Valentin... [Male Voice] I waited for you once. [Female Voice] Then let me go with you now. [Both Voices – Whisper] Your heart was the treasure I could never take... and the only one that stayed. [Final Piano Note • Two Last Breaths]

