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In this dark tomb

where names grow cold

Lay down your grief

too late, too old

When I was flesh

when I was flame

You could have turned

and called my name

Now stone is kind

where hearts were not

The grave remembers

what you forgot

Walk softly now

The dust can hear

Some tears arrive

A thousand years

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When I was living

unhappy one

You should have held my heart

Do not wake ash

with wounded hands

Do not call love

through buried lands

Too late, too late

the bells all toll

I learned to die

and keep my soul

I wore your silence

like royal chains

I kissed locked doors

through winter rains

I lit my nights

with faith alone

Now candles burn

for carved-out stone

The choir grew tired

of my lament

Even the sky

knows what was spent

Speak lower now

The shadows rise

Some vows survive

Some longing dies

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When I was breathing

sorrowing one

You should have known my scars

Do not pour tears

on sleeping fire

Grief came late

and climbed too high

Too late, too late

your searching feet

Now only echoes

kneel and weep

Infelice…

I cursed your name

I bless it now

Take back the roses

Take back the blame

I leave them all

to dust and rain

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When I was lonely

darkened one

You should have heard my heart

Call me no more

from the abyss

O Lady of night

let silence kiss

If mercy lives

beyond the stars

Forget the man

beneath these scars

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