In the Night
Above the chambers lie forbidden skies Tears echo of the children's cries The high priests wait as the darkness pulls The stories of origin never retold The monk relights the candles as everyone lines It's just another ritual of the unkind The prophets telling tales of evils that be (They say) We must release the demons, your soul will be freed (In the night) Beneath the starry violet light The sediment of life forgiven (In the night) Beneath the burning violet light As darkness falls upon the banners that hold Familiar images of lands untold The nighthawk growls as the chanting begins A ceremony for no one to win As midnight's pulling closer the torches still burn An unforgiving fate for which one must learn The priestess dips her knife in the forsaken tub The room falls into silence as they wait for the blood (In the night) Beneath the starry violet light The sediment of life forgiven (In the night) Beneath the burning violet light (In the night) Beneath the starry violet light The sediment of life forgiven (In the night) Beneath the burning violet light (In the night) The burning bridges of the bright The children of the evil pasture (In the night) The starry gallows of the night In the night In the night The gift of this soul brings peace to the land As the gods may rest once again
Submitted by SerpentEve — Jun 21, 2026