Mother of Death

Verse 1

I held her in the fevered dark

The candles burned so low

Her tiny hand went cold in mine

And I had nowhere left to go

The village coughed and fell like rain

My vials stood empty on the shelf

I knew the names of every herb

But I could not save myself... or her

Pre-Chorus

They said let her rest

They said let her go

But the dead don't answer

When the living let them go

Chorus

Ellen, I still hear you breathe

In every wind that tears through me

If death took you from these arms

Then I will walk through death itself

And bring you home

Bring you home

Verse 2

I found a man who spoke in tongues

His name was Oris, sharp and cold

He showed me pages stained with blood

And told me death could be controlled

I carved her name into the stone

I whispered rites beneath the moon

Lost souls began to call my name

And I answered much too soon

Pre-Chorus

They said stop this now

They said turn away

But the silence of her room

Was louder than what they could say

Chorus

Ellen, I still see your face

Behind the mask I wear in grace

If death took you from these arms

Then I will walk through death itself

And bring you home

Bring you home

Bridge

Oris laughed and took it all

The vessel glowed — a perfect light

He said a child is not worth this

And left me bleeding in the blight

I woke among the twisted trees

The bark was black, the sky was red

A voice that spoke from deeper down

Said I was not yet dead

Guitar Solo - slow, weeping

Verse 3

Now spirits follow where I step

Through graves I cannot leave behind

A mother watches from the mist

And judges every crime of mine

My eyes burn green beneath the mask

The dead have taught me how to speak

They whisper Ellen's name at night

And tell me she is still unique

Final Chorus - building with orchestra and choir

ELLEN, I WILL FIND YOUR SOUL

I'LL BREAK THE SKY AND TEAR THE HOLE

IF DEATH TOOK YOU FROM THESE ARMS

THEN I WILL WALK THROUGH DEATH ITSELF

I WILL UNMAKE THE GRAVE

I WILL REWRITE EVERY LAW

AND BRING YOU HOME

BRING YOU HOME

Outro

The gate is old. It moans in black.

Beyond it waits a changeless black.

I do not know what I will find.

I only know I will not turn back.

The Mother of Death

Watches

And waits

And I step through

For Ellen

Whispered

Always for Ellen