the Shroud Lyrics

Under a Dark Sky

Leave behind the hearth and home The cold hands of the wind reach inside, warm my heart High on a hill near the sky...

Wake in the night by the call of the wind It pulls like the moon at the core of my heart The storm alone I know...

Feel the wind blow shrieking wordless of love under a dark sky Fear abandoned thunder pounding my heart under a dark sky...

The rainfall brushes my skin like a kiss Its dark touch sends a chill down my neck, takes my breath Driven hard by the wind...

Comfort pales beside the wild call The cold hands of the wind reach inside, wake my soul The stinging rain like caresses to me...

Feel the wind blow shrieking wordless of love under a dark sky Torrents lashing thunder pounding my heart under a dark sky...

Tonight

Walk with me let me dream of one shining moment with you Falling into your open arms and calling your name...

No regrets, no turning back Oh throw caution to the wind My whole life pales beside the look in your eyes tonight

Pull me down to the ground to leave behind the life I knew and dream with you alone Promises keeping me drowning in you the darkness fills my eyes...

No regrets, no turning back Oh throw caution to the wind My whole life pales beside the look in your eyes tonight

Take away my heart my will and leave behind the life I knew to dream with you alone Telling me everything you know will leave me twisted and calling your name...

Tell me night falls, tell me love calls, tell me anything at all

No regrets, no turning back Oh throw caution to the wind My whole life pales beside the look in your eyes tonight

Falling Dream

You sleep so peacefully - do you, do you dream of me Can you feel my eyes watch you every day and night

Tied to this place, tied to you How shall my love cause you to be falling, falling for me falling, falling for me

You can't see or hear me but you know when you're near me I can make you do things to bring you closer to me

I must have you, so beware When we meet you'll be aware that you're falling, falling for me falling, falling for me

Can you, can you see the elements of my fantasy Death can be such fun when you share it with someone

Plunging down the spiral stairs Lying lovely broken there Red streams flowing beautifully, you're falling, falling for me falling, falling for me falling, falling for me

Wallflower

Lovely child you're mine to keep Trellised to the secret wall where no one can see A treasured prize displayed like a butterfly Innocent vision, a feast for the eye...

Willing victim shuns the daylight fire Earthbound angel yielding to the twilight's dark desires The messiah pinprick throbbing won't hurt for long To die for devotion the flesh must be strong...

You will be my lovely wallflower Freshly cut so young and beautiful You will be my lovely wallflower...

Fragile beauty for show not to touch Shining in the streams of light from the window high above Your lashes stir like birds on your bone smooth cheek Emerald eyes uncovered from a lifelong sleep...

You will be my lovely wallflower Freshly cut so young and beautiful You will be my lovely wallflower...

Ashes in the Wind

Echoes down the hallways of time spell out stories of you and me Letters etched painfully all twist and curl and die beneath the flames and fade Our memories are like ashes in the wind

Twisting overhead the vines without leaves embrace my thoughts of you Gathered on stony steps we breathe the last whisper of the end in flames Our memories are like ashes in the wind

She...

She sits hidden away in her room alone with her toys that kiss her and hold her tight turning turning dancing in the shadows trailing her hair in the dust catching patterns in the light...

She sees creatures behind the glass crying with a voice she heard once in a childhood dream falling through a window she once shattered clawing her face to escape wings that beat inside her head...

She smiles down at the flowers and leaves she saved for all those years now gone mingled with memory tears and laughter sharing hero's fanfare hidden away behind walls living on in candlelight...

Wednesday's Child

Reverse the days wearing the veil to shut them out Changeling displaced cover your face moongaze and shiver alone

Wander in the old places Distant memory of how the future will be...

Await the day the net will be drawn to let you out Turning away cover the pain never expect them to see

Hidden in your aching heart Distant memory of how the future will be...

Caged Bird

Sunrise blooms orchid bright Bought with fancies in the night Life more precious than honor holds Sold with legends, promises and fantasy

Change of seasons chain the heart Woven spellweb light and dark Shifting shadows across the sand Falling scales of serpent laughter count the days

Jade and silver overhead Orchids crushed upon your bed Your thoughts may wander freely And the caged bird sings so sweetly...

Cunning instincts worked by day Cross the oath taken in rage Talents twisted and mystic found Dance in circles clouding vision with their wings

Hearbeat holds beads of time Wide eyed waiting in the mind Vision holding the future key Crowning glory trickery and all for love

Jade and silver overhead Orchids crushed upon your bed Your thoughts may wander freely And the caged bird sings so sweetly...

Sulphur, Salt and Mercury

Scared of the dark now aren't you all it's been that way since man's first fall Terrified of what you still can't see this nether world is where one makes three...

Sulphur, salt and mercury these are the night's holy trinity

Without the sun shining oh so bright all things take on their own true light Nothing's real as they may seem they're only scenes in one big dream Give me night and give me death the gods of old could no less It's all the same if you ask me but you won't know if you can't see

Sulphur, salt and mercury these are the night's holy trinity

Don't run away, it will follow you it will always know how to frighten you Open your heart and see the night and you'll be blinded by your newfound sight Without the sun shining deadly bright all things take on their own true light The night is filled with a dark beauty It's waiting there for you all to see

Sulphur, salt and mercury these are the night's holy trinity

Shadow

I hear your voice see your eyes in a child -- it's not you Only appeared in a dream Flew away in a rustle of wings when I opened my eyes Left with a memory... Your shadow on the wall

And the rain beats on the window pane counting the years passing You never came

Once I was young I believed you would come take me away Live in a world like a dream Fly away in the night leaving this old world behind Lost in a memory... Your shadow on the wall

And the rain beats on the window pane counting the years passing You never came

Long Ago and Far Away

Long ago and far away battle brings a fateful day A lady's love rides away and she waits for him forever...

Our two hearts were twined as one never to become undone Ah, my love all is lost

Emptiness has filled my days life and light taken away Ah, my love all is lost

Long ago and far away battle brings a fateful day A lady's love rides away and she waits for him forever...

all lyrics ©lydia fortner