# **DARK FANTASY: DEATH AT THE DOOR** **Verse 1** There’s a chapel in the blackwood, Where the candles burn like eyes, Where the statues seem to whisper Under bruised and purple skies. There’s a figure by the doorway Wearing midnight like a crown, And he speaks my name so softly Like he wants to pull me down. I’ve been wandering through the ruins, With my shadow close behind, Trying not to hear the voices That say leaving would be kind. **Pre-Chorus** But the moon keeps shining silver, And the ravens call my name, Not to drag me toward the darkness— But to tell me I remain. **Chorus** Death is standing at my doorway, Suicide is whispering low, Saying, *“Come into the darkness, There’s nowhere else to go.”* But I lock the doors against it, Let the storm beat on the walls, Because even in a nightmare I don’t have to answer when it calls. This is my **dark fantasy**, Where the shadows want me gone, But somewhere past the graveyard There is still another dawn. **Verse 2** There are ghosts along the staircase, Every one a memory, Every hurt I tried to bury, Every version left of me. There’s a mirror in the hallway That reflects somebody tired, With a heart like broken glass And a soul that feels expired. But the mirror keeps on showing That I’m breathing even now, And surviving doesn’t always mean I have to know exactly how. **Pre-Chorus** I can hate this cursed kingdom, I can scream until I’m sore, But tonight I’m not surrendering To the thing outside my door. **Chorus** Death is standing at my doorway, Suicide is whispering low, Saying, *“Come into the darkness, There’s nowhere else to go.”* But I lock the doors against it, Let the storm beat on the walls, Because even in a nightmare I don’t have to answer when it calls. This is my **dark fantasy**, Where the shadows want me gone, But somewhere past the graveyard There is still another dawn. **Bridge** Death said, *“You look exhausted.”* I said, **“I am.”** Death said, *“Then stop fighting.”* I said, **“Not like that.”** I can rest without disappearing. I can cry without goodbye. I can ask someone to stay here When I don’t trust my own mind. So let the castle shake around me. Let the graveyard scream my name. Let the darkness promise silence— I have heard that lie before. **Breakdown** One candle. Keep it burning. One breath. Keep it moving. One voice. Call somebody. One night. Make it through. Death can wait outside the doorway. **I am not opening it.** **Final Chorus** Death is standing at my doorway, But tonight I choose the room, Choose the candle, choose the heartbeat, Choose to wait beyond the gloom. Suicide can keep on whispering, But its voice is not a law, And the darkness doesn’t own me Just because I’m tired and raw. This is my **dark fantasy**, Full of sorrow, ghosts, and scars, But even haunted kingdoms Still exist beneath the stars. I don’t have to love tomorrow. I don’t have to feel alright. I only have to keep the door closed **for tonight.** **Outro** The graveyard goes silent. The storm begins to fade. Death leaves the doorstep. The candle stays. And somewhere beyond the blackwood, morning waits.
