[Intro] To thee... Ostracized... Mocked by the volleys of scorn... [Verse 1] To thee, Scarred by the bayonets of slander, To thee, Pierced by the tongues of malice, I raise above the screaming crowd My solemn ode. [Pre-Chorus] No bell brings me joy, No chime rings true, Save the echo of thy forbidden name. [Chorus] I shall not leap into the abyss! I shall not drink the poison! Nor shall my hand defy the cold steel! Above me, Save thy gaze, No blade holds power! [Verse 2] Tomorrow thou shalt forget, That I crowned thee, That I burned my flowering soul with love, And the carnival of hollow days Shall scatter the pages of my books. [Bridge] Shall the dry leaves of my words Make thee pause, Breathing greedily? Let me at least Pave thy departing step With the last tenderness. [Transition to Demoniac] But if thou forget... If the wind takes my name... I shall become... [Demoniac Bridge] The shadow at thy feet! The whisper in thy dreams! The curse upon thy tongue! The fire in thy veins! I shall haunt thee! I shall haunt thee! I shall haunt thee! [Outro - Ritual of Forgetting] The ages pass... The names fade... No song remains... No tale is told... [Whispered, ritualistic] Only the void remembers... Only the void remembers... Only the void... [Final whisper] Thy name...
