Moonlit Temple

*(Intro)* Midnight hums through crumbling stone, Whispers carve the ancient throne. Blackened sky, the gods have fled— Only echoes left for the dead. *(Verse 1)* Steps of marble, cracked with time, Footsteps fade in silent rhyme. Altar stained with forgotten pleas, No one kneels but the hollow breeze. *(Chorus)* Oh, light won’t save you here— Moon’s a sickle, sharp and clear. Drip your prayers like candle wax, The temple never gives them back. *(Verse 2)* Pillars clutch the weight of years, Holding up the weight of fears. Statues watch with hollow eyes, Smiling as the daylight dies. *(Bridge)* One last hymn for the fallen choir, Smoke ascends but never higher. Do you hear it? That ghostly tune— The lullaby of the land of doom. *(Verse 3)* Fingers trace the names erased, Blood and dust in equal haste. Who were they before the fade? The moon won’t tell—it’s too afraid. *(Chorus)* Oh, light won’t save you here— Moon’s a sickle, sharp and clear. Drip your prayers like candle wax, The temple never gives them back. *(Verse 4)* Chains of ivy climb the spire, Choking slow—a funeral pyre. Even shadows start to weep, When the dark is buried deep. *(Bridge - Reprise)* One last hymn for the fallen choir, Smoke ascends but never higher. Do you hear it? That ghostly tune— The lullaby of the land of doom. *(Outro)* Dawn won’t come, the spell’s too strong, Night’s been stretched a thousand long. Turn to salt, turn to shade, Moonlit temple, unmade.