Lyrics

Verse 1:**
*Your lips taste of wine, but the vineyards rot,*
*Your arms, a flash of gold in a world forgot.*
*The lilies you plucked are wilted and veined,*
*Their perfume just smoke in the lungs of the rain.*
*We danced in the fields where the poppies bleed,*
*But the earth’s a sieve—every promise recedes.*

**Chorus:**
***Oh, love, you’re a shadow carved in sand—***
*A clockwork rose in a rusted hand.*
*The world’s a bride in a moth-eaten dress,*
*Her jewels are glass, her vows—distress.*
***But Your love’s a fire that outburns the sun,***
*A Song of Songs when the dance is done.*

**Verse 2:**
*You whispered, *“Myrrh,”* through the cedar night,*
*But the spices soured in the market’s blight.*
*The chariots rust, the silver moths gnaw,*
*Your hair’s a net catching empty law.*
*We built our towers with Solomon’s stones,*
*Now they’re headstones for the dust we own.*

**Bridge (Eternal Refrain):**
***Set me as a seal over Your heart—***
*These phantom kingdoms tear apart.*
*The foxes claw the vineyard’s veins,*
*But Your banner’s *love* through the refiner’s flames.*
***Vanity, vanity—all is vain,***
*But Your whisper remains… Your whisper remains.*

**Breakdown:**
*(Raw, spoken-word over dissonant strings)*
*The world’s a funeral dressed in confetti,*
*A carnival of graves where we’re “free.”*
*You kissed me, but your mouth’s a tomb,*
*And I’m just another ghost in the groom’s cold room.*

**Final Chorus:**
***Oh, love, you’re a scar that outlives the blade—***
*A fountain sealed where the cisterns fade.*
*The world’s a widow, her mirror cracked,*
*But Your love’s the dawn no night can black.*
***Raise me from the ash, from the hollow hymn—***
*Your Song of Songs when the stars go dim.*

**Outro:**
*(Whispered over a fading piano)*
*The north wind wakes, the south wind dies,*
*Your voice, a well through my *vanity* cries.*
*The garden’s gate? It’s still locked tight,*
*But You’re the key… and the garden’s light