The Library | Original Gothic Literary Song | Warden Queen

🕯️ Welcome to The Library. Every forgotten woman leaves something behind. A torn page. A whispered confession. A name crossed out by history. This is the prologue to Marginalia, an original literary gothic album where the women literature tried to silence are finally given the chance to speak. Every song is inspired by a different story, but this is where the door first opens. So step inside. The Library remembers everything. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📖 Song: The Library 🖋️ Album: Marginalia 👑 Artist: Warden Queen ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🖤 Lyrics [VERSE I] In the hall where the candles sway, Names forgotten fade away, Bound in leather, bound in thread, Sleeping with the silent dead. Daughters lost and daughters found, Buried where no bells can sound, Page by page and line by line, Dust becomes a sacred shrine. [CHORUS] Oh, the library keeps its own, Never lets the lost walk home, Locks their sorrows in the shelves, Till they learn to sing themselves. Oh, the library, dark and deep, Where the broken never sleep, Every ghost and every lie Lies forever, never dies. [VERSE II] Some were drowned and some were burned, Some were loved and never mourned, Some still wander through the stacks, Looking for the lives they lacked. Ink like rivers, black as night, Spilling secrets out of sight, Every story, every scar, Knows exactly what you are. [BRIDGE] Turn the page… Hear them call… Hear their footsteps through the hall… Turn the page… Don’t look back… They’re still walking through the black… [FINAL CHORUS] Oh, the library keeps its own, Never lets the lost walk home, Threads their names through smoke and stone, Till the dust becomes a throne. Oh, the library, dark and deep, Where the broken never sleep, Every ghost and every line Waits forever between the spine. [OUTRO] If you hear them, Do not turn. If you see them, Do not run. Every story wants a witness. Welcome to the library. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ If you enjoyed this song, consider subscribing for more original gothic music inspired by mythology, literature, folklore, and forgotten women. Thank you for listening. — Warden Queen