Athena Vesperia - Hold Me in the Dark | Emotional Gothic Ballad

From the shadows comes this dark, haunted gothic ballad of loss, depression and self-reflection. Lyrics: I woke up on the floor again With the taste of iron and rain The house held its breath all night Like it knew my name was pain The mirror kept my shape alive But it never gave me back my face Just a stranger in a blackened frame With hollow eyes and shaking grace And I count the cracks in the ceiling Like prayers I forgot to keep Every memory has its teeth now Every silence cuts too deep Hold me in the dark Hold me in the dark I am only half a heart And the rest of me fell apart (hold me in the dark) (hold me in the dark) I keep burning where I stand In the ashes of my hand There was a door I never locked Now it swings in every dream And the child I used to be Still calls from somewhere underneath I learned to smile with broken glass I learned to speak with bruised-up lungs I learned that pain can wear your coat And still live longer than the sun So I wear my history like a chain Cold against the throat Every wound I never named Still knows the way home Hold me in the dark Hold me in the dark I am only half a heart And the rest of me fell apart (hold me in the dark) (hold me in the dark) I keep burning where I stand In the ashes of my hand If I open up the oldest room Will it flood me clean with grief? Or will the dust just rise and rise Till it disappears in me I have been my own witness I have been my own grave Writing little elegies For the parts I couldn’t save Hold me in the dark Hold me in the dark I am only half a heart And the rest of me fell apart (hold me in the dark) (hold me in the dark) Let the ruin say my name Let it sleep inside the flames Hold me in the dark Hold me in the dark I keep burning where I stand In the ashes of my hand *** Enter the black, haunted world of Athena Vesperia, where dark, gothic heavy metal riffs, sorrowful vocals and mournful melodies blend together in a shadowy, unearthly symphony. For fans of gothic and symphonic heavy metal and for those who relish in the beauty of darkness. Like, share, subscribe and let the shadows consume you. New music posted regularly. #gothicmusic #darkmusic #gothicmetal #gothicballad #femalefrontedmetal