Midnight Lute of the Veil

Lyrics

​(Spoken – breathy, right against the ear, icy British accent) You rest unfolded to my gaze. No veil. No fear. Only the line you dared me to cross. ​(Verse 1 – low, dry baritone, barely singing) Cold iron slackens at your wrist... A quiet breath, a frozen fist. I drew the mark upon your neck, A ruin held beneath my check. I gave the door, I gave the stone, You sank before my feet, alone. No master had to force your knee— You gave your breath away to me. ​(Chorus – rising, eerie strings, soft and hypnotic) Surrender is the only crown. When all the solemn veils come down. Not broken, no—refined by flame, To whisper nothing but my name. Drink deep the cup, accept the sign: Beneath the dark, you are entirely mine. ​(Verse 2 – muted tom-pulse, voice slightly raspier) A tear upon the porcelain face, The choked-back plea, the bitter grace. No common lust, no vulgar street, Just hunger laid beneath my feet. You swallowed every drop of pride, With nowhere left for you to hide. ​(Bridge – drone, cello scrape, spoken coldly) Flesh to flesh. Bone to stone. I hold you fast. You are not your own. ​(Outro – music decays into silence, intimate whisper) I lock you down. You yield. Good. Me. You. Us.