[Verse 1 – The Past] She came from rain, her eyes like glass, A spark in the ruins of my past. I was the fire she tried to tame, But every touch just fed the flame. We walked through smoke, we cursed the sky, We swore to live, forgot to try. She saw the cracks beneath my grin, And loved the darkness I kept within. [Pre-Chorus – The Descent] I told her I could change the tide, But ghosts don’t drown, they learn to hide. The weight grew louder in my head, And she believed the words I said. [Chorus – The Loss] Black veil memory — drag me under! Thunder rolls, I hear her wonder. Every breath, a broken sound, I’m still lost where she was found. Black veil memory — hold me tighter! Feed the flame, the fading fire. Through the dark, I wear her crown, She’s gone, but I can’t come down. [Verse 2 – The Breaking Point] The days turned grey, I lost the spark, Chasing ghosts through the endless dark. She begged for truth I couldn’t give, And paid the price I couldn’t live. Now every mirror shows her eyes, The same reflection, the same disguise. I hear her voice when I’m alone, A hymn carved deep into my bones. [Pre-Chorus – The Guilt] The weight remains, it claws my chest, No peace, no calm, no rest. I built this cage with my own hand, Now I’m the ghost she couldn’t stand. [Chorus – The Realization] Black veil memory — drag me under! Thunder rolls, I hear her wonder. Every breath, a broken sound, I’m still lost where she was found. Black veil memory — hold me tighter! Feed the flame, the fading fire. Through the dark, I wear her crown, She’s gone, but I can’t come down. [Bridge – The Haunting] The walls still hum her name at night, A fading dream, a dying light. I walk the path we built in pain, Each step, it whispers her refrain. The stars don’t shine the way they did, The past won’t stay where I hid. If I could trade my breath for hers, I’d fade before she stirs. [Final Chorus – The Acceptance] Black veil memory — burn forever! Tethered hearts we couldn’t sever. Through the storm I still confide, She’s the wound I keep inside. Black veil memory — drag me under! Lost in smoke, I hear her thunder. Through the dark, I wear her crown, She’s gone — but I won’t back down. [Outro – 96 BPM Fade] (Clean guitar over distant low drones) (Spoken softly:) “I see her shadow when the rain begins... She never left — she lives within.”
