[Brief intro: piano, pulsing synth, distant bells] [Verse 1: intimate clean baritone] Black suit, rain on the manor stairs Her voice still moves through the empty air One gunshot cut the world in two I woke to something I never knew They stitched their secrets into bone I chose the dark and called it home [Pre-Chorus: bass rises; strings fracture] Thirty years beneath the floor Now something’s knocking at the door [Chorus: enormous guitars and electronic drums] DEATH WEARS ROSES! Red against the rain Every petal holds What I couldn’t save Let the midnight open Let the silence break You made a monster I choose who I save! [Instrumental drop: distorted cello, driving synth bass, sharp guitar hook] [Verse 2: urgent rhythmic delivery] Three barrels flash; the shadows split The beast awakens—I answer it Below the city, buried screams A stolen heaven feeds machines They’d lift the world and leave it dead I bring their heaven down instead [Bridge: piano and close layered harmonies] Lucrecia, the years won’t close The wound beneath these crimson clothes I cannot mend what came before But someone’s waiting at the door [Four-bar guitar and synth duel] [Final Chorus: full band, soaring harmonies] DEATH WEARS ROSES! Red against the rain Every petal holds What I couldn’t save Let the midnight open Let the silence break Chaos moves beneath me— I choose who I save! [Final impact; solitary piano] Open the door.
