Clarissa Takes The Change

[Welcome To My Song List: https://suno.com/playlist/0b14ab83-3424-46aa-8814-019d78ca5c68] You can drink this up while reading my upcoming book, "The Blood We Chose." I will come back and add the ISBN number here.] [Verse 1] Clarissa stands at dusk By the council door Wax on her black gloves Ash on the floor Seven chairs in a ring Seven old mouths closed They count her with their eyes Like a knife at her throat [Pre-Chorus] She heard the vow before From the servants' hall Cold as winter glass Sharp as temple walls And if they ask her now She knows what she'll say "I came here of my own" Let the blood decide [Chorus] Clarissa, take the veil Clarissa, take the veil Let the old pulse die Let the new one rise Clarissa, take the veil Clarissa, take the veil I will drink the dark And I will not break [Verse 2] The eldest lifts the bowl Dark as buried wine Her mother never loved What she was inside But tonight the hunger Has a prettier name A crown of hunger A saint made from shame [Pre-Chorus] She feels the room go still Like a held-breath choir Every candle bows Every eye has fire The oath is on her tongue Cold and metallic She leans into the cut And meets the silence [Chorus] Clarissa, take the veil Clarissa, take the veil Let the old pulse die Let the new one rise Clarissa, take the veil Clarissa, take the veil I will drink the dark And I will not break [Bridge] No kneeling for mercy No plea in her hand She came for the ending And the change it would command When the last word lands She does not flinch or fade She opens like a rose In the marrow of the blade [Final Chorus] Clarissa, take the veil Clarissa, take the veil Let the old pulse die Let the new one rise Clarissa, take the veil Clarissa, take the veil I will drink the dark And I will not break Clarissa, take the veil Clarissa, take the veil Now the night is mine Now the night is mine