Oh, what sweet seduction
what scarlet charms and grace
have drawn me here into your mind,
this gothic rainbow place?
Crimson clouds and shadowed moonlight
bloody rain from shattered skies,
where you're lost within a sable sea
of dark intrigue and lies.
Chorus:
Is this where you go by the light of day
when you leave yourself and drift away?
When you dream by meditative light,
do you journey here in endless night?
No one deserves to live this way
this joyful pain
and violet rain
Hiding behind the everyday
and ordinary.
the dull routine
of tears unseen,
bleeding your dark blue life away.
Is this your heaven in your dreams?
Or are these stars the fires of hell?
Does the cold wind whisper in your ears
The melancholy tolling of a silver bell?
Do you weep frozen tears, a willing captive
in the web of deception woven by the world,
its silver threads burning against your skin,
Dark angel, or just a frightened little girl?
Chorus 2:
Is this where you go by the light of day
when you leave yourself and drift away?
When you dream by meditative light,
do you journey here in endless night?
Why do you never allow yourself to feel?
bite back your screams,
retreat in dreams,
Hiding anger behind a face of steel,
and brittle glass.
Try not to cry,
or question why
You weep in solitude, and cannot heal.
Are you waiting, wishing to be safe
Inside the demon-wrought prison of your mind
Break free of your silver shackles and your chains
To grasp what warmth and comfort you can find?
I know I cannot touch your frozen soul,
Or see what lies behind your violet eyes,
But I can tell you that you need not be alone
as the raven that through cloud and shadow flies.
Chorus 3:
Is this where you go by the light of day
when you leave yourself and drift away?
When you dream by meditative light,
do you journey here in endless night?
I watch you as you spread your wings
lost in the night
of endless flight
Leaving me behind as the soft wind sings
of love –
the forbidden bliss
of a secret kiss,
and all the fear, the joy it brings.
I can see you fight your mirror battles
against the demons that lurk within,
Struggling with the dark desires
Just beneath your moon-pale skin.
I can hear their wailings in your song,
As I wait for you in the unknown,
You venture where I cannot go;
Never again entirely alone.
Black lightning streaks the star-torn skies
As swiftly as the raven flies;
I stand upon night's threshold
As you cry and fly away.