The Raven

Midnight

Nevermore!

Midnight shadows on the walls

Dust and ghosts inside these halls

Searching pages for a cure

For a wound that won't endure

Every ember fades to black

Every memory drags me back

To the name I can't ignore

Lenore Lenore

Then I heard it through the dark

A distant scratching in my heart

Nevermore!

That's the word that haunts my soul

Nevermore!

Like a shadow taking hold

Every prayer falls to the floor

Every answer

Nevermore!

Window shaking in the storm

Something ancient takes its form

Black wings cutting through the night

Burning eyes in candlelight

Perched above the chamber door

Watching like it's done before

I ask what fate has waiting for me

Tell me!

Will I see her face again?

Tell me!

Will this torment ever end?

Tell me!

NEVERMORE!

Bird or devil

Prophet of despair

You've poisoned every hope I bear

Bird or devil

Take this curse away

But still you stay

Nevermore!

Echoes through these empty rooms

Nevermore!

Like a funeral in bloom

Every dream becomes a war

Every answer

Nevermore!

And the raven still is watching

And the shadow still remains

And my soul beneath that darkness

Will never rise again

Nevermore

Nevermore