Lyric

With fingers crumbling away

I rewind the scenes of old

These memories I try to play

Whose story do they truly hold?

I still don’t know

A mirror buried in the dirt begins to sneer

"I’ll reflect the faces that you’ve let disappear"

Within the faded grain of the cinematic reel

Was it me or was it you dancing with such zeal?

Stitching voices burnt and charred, needle through the skin

Layering the echoes of the shadows deep within

Beyond the flickering light, a silhouette calls out slow

Drenching the hem of her kimono, white as fallen snow

The Bride of the Magic Lantern light

Chants her love like a ritual in the night

Spinning broken words, a tangled web of grace

She won't let a soul ever speak that name or face

Deep inside her scorched and blackened eyes, a bloom

Red flowers screaming, even if they’re flowers of doom

In a room where wind forgot how to blow or breathe

Only the sound of a rolling ring begins to seethe

A distorted melody of a blessing gone astray

The more I crush it in my teeth, the sweeter it stays

Let’s play a game of shadow tag, just one more time

The naming ceremony hasn't reached its prime

Crimson letters rising on the throat, a burning sign

Is it your name written there, or just another lie?

The Bride of the Magic Lantern light

Shatters the plates of memory in her flight

Gathering the fragments of a spring that’s long since passed

Even if the needle tracing hearts is rust at last

At the end of the half-read vow, a smile so blue

She whispered to the air, "Anyone at all will do"

Walking down the spiral hall, floor by floor

My heart begins to peel away, falling to the floor

It was far too lukewarm to ever be called "love"

The letter from that day won't burn, watched from above

The Bride of the Magic Lantern light

Still projects the shadows of the endless night

Beyond the broken lens, where the spirits used to play

She burns the image of only you, come what may

Until the final spark of light begins to die

You must not forget the name, no matter how you try

The last thing reflected on the wall

Is my own back, walking away