Nevermore, Edgar Allan Flow

[Intro – whispered] Once upon a midnight dreary… Every story leaves a scar. Edgar Allan Flow. [Verse 1] Candle burn low in the chamber tonight Ink on the page and the moon hung white Every verse got a ghost in the rhyme Every line just a scar in time Seen love drown by a cold grey sea Heard hearts beat under floorboards deep Watched black shadows crawl from the past Built stone walls that were meant to last Every sin that a man might claim Every truth wrapped tight in shame Every whisper that fate once swore Still echo soft… nevermore [Pre-Chorus] Raven still perched where the shadows fall Watching every word I scrawl Maybe fate never spoke at all Maybe we wrote it on the wall [Chorus] Quoth the raven Nevermore Every loss I carried before Every door I closed in war Still whisper… nevermore Quoth the raven Nevermore Past can't chain me like before Ink runs black to settle the score Quoth the raven Nevermore [Verse 2] Some men chase what the prophets say Some men kneel when the omens pray But I walked through night with a pen and flame And carved every word of my name Love can fade like a ghost in the rain Guilt can whisper inside the brain But the path that a man endure Becomes the truth he can’t ignore [Bridge] Page by page where the old tales sleep Every promise I failed to keep Still the silence answers sure One last word… [Final Chorus] Quoth the raven Nevermore Every chain that I wore before Turned to dust on the chamber floor Quoth the raven Nevermore Quoth the raven Nevermore Ink runs dry but the echoes roar Every legend begins in war Quoth the raven Nevermore [Outro – quiet] The candle fades. The raven stays. Nevermore.