[Verse 1] In a holler, dark and broken, midnight’s chill upon my soul, Sittin’ weary, heart half-spoken, lost in grief that takes its toll. Mourning Lenore, gone forever, in this shack of rusted dreams, By the fire’s dyin’ embers, hear the wind’s unholy screams. [Chorus] Raven’s knockin’ at my window, black as coal, with eyes of flame, Speaks of sorrow, speaks of sin, says I’ll never see her again. “Nevermore,” it cries, relentless, in this wasteland’s bitter lore, Lenore’s gone, and hope is fleeting, trapped with Raven’s “Nevermore.” [Verse 2] Once this valley bloomed with promise, now it’s ash and twisted wire, Hope is dead, the skies are poison, dreams consumed in funeral pyre. I ask the bird, “Will dawn bring mercy? Will Lenore return to me?” But its cold, unblinkin’ stare just whispers fate I can’t unsee. [Chorus] Raven’s knockin’ at my window, black as coal, with eyes of flame, Speaks of sorrow, speaks of sin, says I’ll never see her again. “Nevermore,” it cries, relentless, in this wasteland’s bitter lore, Lenore’s gone, and hope is fleeting, trapped with Raven’s “Nevermore.” [Bridge] In the silence, shadows linger, ghosts of kin who’ve gone before, This old cabin’s beams are splintered, can’t outrun that cursed bird’s lore. Every question, every prayer, it answers with that wretched call, “Nevermore” my only future, mourning lost Lenore. [Chorus] Raven’s knockin’ at my window, black as coal, with eyes of flame, Speaks of sorrow, speaks of sin, says I’ll never see her again. “Nevermore,” it cries, relentless, in this wasteland’s bitter lore, Lenore’s gone, and hope is fleeting, trapped with Raven’s “Nevermore.” [Outro] Now the raven sits forever, on the ridge where shadows creep, Guardin’ grief that won’t surrender, in this holler, dark and deep. Lenore’s ghost won’t come to save me, lost in night’s eternal score, Damned to hear that cursed raven, cawin’ out its
