# Black Candles for You **[Intro — Whispered]** One candle for longing. One for fear. One for everything I never say. And the last... for you. **[Verse 1]** Black lace trailing through the cemetery, ravens watching from the old yew tree. Your name trembling on my spellbook page, half devotion, half a gilded cage. I tell myself I only want you safe. I tell myself that love should feel this way. But every time you turn to leave... something frightened wakes in me. **[Pre-Chorus]** I know your footsteps. Know your sighs. Know when you’re smiling just to hide. Maybe I learned you far too well. Maybe loving you became my spell. **[Chorus]** BLACK CANDLES BURN TONIGHT! YOUR NAME GLOWS IN MOONLIGHT! THORNS AROUND MY ALTAR TWINE— I CAN’T TELL WHERE **YOU END AND I BEGIN.** Curse the dawn. Hold me tight. Tell me you won’t disappear tonight. **[Verse 2]** Your photograph sleeps inside my book, not because I meant to look. I keep old letters. Little things. Proof that I was real to you. You spoke another name today. I smiled. Then hated myself for remembering exactly how you said it. I don’t want to own you. I just don’t know who I am when you choose someone else. **[Pre-Chorus]** The ravens bring me every word. I tell them not to. They come anyway. At least... that’s what I say. **[Chorus]** BLACK CANDLES BURN TONIGHT! YOUR NAME GLOWS IN MOONLIGHT! THORNS AROUND MY ALTAR TWINE— I CAN’T TELL WHERE **YOU END AND I BEGIN.** Curse the dawn. Hold me tight. Tell me you won’t disappear tonight. **[Bridge — Soft piano]** I could break the spell. I know exactly how. Salt the circle. Drown the flame. Erase your name. Simple. So why... haven’t I? Maybe I’m scared the magic isn’t keeping you here. Maybe I’m scared... it’s keeping **me** here. **[Breakdown — Female choir]** Black candle. Red thread. Things I meant but never said. Love or hunger? Need or fear? I only know I need you near. **[Verse 3]** I changed your shadow. Changed the doors. Changed every path across the moors. But every spell I cast on you wrapped one more chain around me too. I thought obsession made me strong. Maybe I’ve been wrong. Maybe I don’t fear you leaving. Maybe I fear you’ll leave... and I’ll still love you. **[Final Chorus]** BLACK CANDLES BURN TONIGHT! LET THE DEAD WOODS IGNITE! THORNS AROUND MY ALTAR TWINE— FOREVER YOURS. FOREVER MINE. But if you stay... stay because you choose. Not because I’m terrified to lose. **[Outro — Whispered]** One candle for longing. One for fear. One for letting go. And the last... I still can’t blow out.
