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[Verse 1] She wore a black veil in the season of rain Came barefoot through ashes, whispering my name Her mouth spoke no promises, her touch was a spark She kissed me in silence, then slipped through the dark [Verse 2] They said she was born with a rope round her wrist A child of the gallows, a name on a list But I followed her footprints through thicket and frost To the place where she knelt — to Evelyn’s cross [Chorus] Oh Evelyn, Evelyn, what did you leave? The bells have gone quiet, the river won’t grieve I gave you my word, I gave you my breath You left me a curse in the shape of your death [Verse 3] Now crows crowd the fences and cry through the dusk There’s blood in the well, and the ground doesn’t trust I sleep with a Bible, a key, and a gun Still she returns when the dreaming’s begun [Bridge] “Love doesn’t whisper — it burns through the bone It etches your name where the lost ones are thrown You tried to redeem me, but saving was wrong Now carry what’s mine — Evelyn’s song.” [Final Chorus] Oh Evelyn, Evelyn, bride made of ash You dance through the wreckage, you take what I have I begged you for mercy, I paid what it cost Now I lie where you left me — beneath Evelyn’s cross