[Intro – atmospheric pads and faint ritual chimes, her breathy female vocal entering softly] Verse 1 [Female vocal, intimate and breathy over sparse piano and dark atmospheric pads] The stone was cold, your body colder still I traced the wounds the blade had left to fill I spoke the words the old ones taught in fear And felt my own life start to disappear I gave the dark my warmth without a sound I pulled you back before you hit the ground Now every breath you take is borrowed from my chest And I would do it all again, I would not change the rest Chorus [Female vocal, haunting and melodic with unique echoing layers — her signature hook] These hands that pulled you from the quiet Now hold the dark that won’t let go I gave my warmth so you could rise And in the cold I finally know We are closer now than we ever were in life Her hands in the dark brought back the light [Subtle ominous undead male echoes layered very low in the background on the final line] Verse 2 [Female vocal, intimate and breathy, more vulnerable] You were never meant to stay beneath the stone I could not leave you there to die alone So I became the bridge between the veil and breath And tied my soul to yours with every step of death I feel you in the silence where my heartbeat used to be I feel the vow you carried even as you left me Now when you speak I hear two voices in the sound The king who fell… and what the vow has found Chorus [Female vocal, haunting and melodic with unique echoing layers — her signature hook] These hands that pulled you from the quiet Now hold the dark that won’t let go I gave my warmth so you could rise And in the cold I finally know We are closer now than we ever were in life Her hands in the dark brought back the light Bridge [Switch to layered Female vocal with distant Ominous undead male voice echoing] I pulled you through… And now I cannot let you go… These hands remember… The shape of your soul… Final Chorus [Female vocal, stronger and more layered with subtle male echoes] These hands that pulled you from the quiet Now hold the dark that won’t let go I gave my warmth so you could rise And in the cold I finally know We are closer now than we ever were in life Her hands in the dark brought back the light [Outro – her signature vocal motif fading with ritual echoes and distant undead whispers]
