Fairest of the Dead
Mirror, mirror, speak her name… “Fairest of the Dead” drags the Brothers Grimm version of Snow White into a frozen nightmare of poisoned laces, cursed combs, blood-red apples, shattered mirrors, and blackened nu-metal fury. White as snow. Red as blood. Black as the forest that remembers everything. #BlackenedNuMetal #DarkFairytale #snowwhite [Intro – Whispered Female Vocal] White as the snow… Red as the blood… Black as the wood Where the dead roots feed… [Verse 1] A queen watched winter bite the pane Three drops of red beneath her vein “Give me a child with midnight hair With blood-red lips and skin snow-fair” The wish was born, the mother died A colder woman took her side She fed her pride before the glass And asked which beauty none surpassed [Pre-Chorus] Silver mirror, speak the name Feed the hunger, feed the shame One heart living, one must fall There can be no fairest of all [Chorus] White as a wound beneath the moon Red as the poison fed by the spoon Black as the forest swallowing breath Sleep, little princess—fairest in death Mirror, mirror, split the sky Tell the queen her truth’s a lie Buried in glass where the cold roots spread Snow White—the fairest of the dead [Verse 2] The huntsman led her past the pines Beyond the roads and warning signs But when the blade met frightened eyes He spared the girl and forged her demise A beast’s dark organs dressed the lie The queen consumed them, satisfied While seven miners beneath the stone Gave the hunted child a home [Pre-Chorus] Bolt the door and bar the light Beauty brings the butcher’s knife Three disguises crossed the wood Each one whispering something good [Chorus] White as a wound beneath the moon Red as the poison fed by the spoon Black as the forest swallowing breath Sleep, little princess—fairest in death Mirror, mirror, split the sky Tell the queen her truth’s a lie Buried in glass where the cold roots spread Snow White—the fairest of the dead [Verse 3] First came the laces, pulled too tight Crushing the breath and stealing the light The dwarfs cut through the strangling thread And dragged her shivering from the dead Then came the comb with poisoned teeth Driven through the hair beneath They tore it loose, she breathed again But envy always comes in ten [Breakdown] Tighten the cord Bury the comb Paint up the apple And follow her home One side pure One side red Take one bite— JOIN THE DEAD [Verse 4] The queen bit white to prove it clean Then turned the blood-red side unseen The apple lodged within her throat And silence wrapped her like a cloak No decay and no release A crystal prison held her peace No kiss disturbed that frozen dream No gentle ending, no fairytale scene [Bridge – Slow, Haunting] They bore her coffin through the trees The servants stumbled at their knees The poisoned fragment broke its hold She woke beneath the glass and cold A prince beheld her living face And carried her from death’s embrace Wedding bells began to cry While one last guest approached to die [Final Breakdown – Queen’s Voice and Choir] Mirror, mirror—what have you done? Another queen has taken the sun Heat the iron Feed the flame Bring the shoes And speak her name [Final Chorus] White as a wound beneath the moon Red as the iron burning through Black as the smoke above her head Dance, wicked queen, until you are dead Mirror, mirror, crack and fall No one remains the fairest of all One wears a crown, one pays the debt And the forest remembers what mirrors forget [Outro – Whispered] White as snow… Red as blood… Black as the wood… The glass never loved you. It only told the truth.
