In the shadows where I dwell a beauty walks alone
She haunts the halls of midnight carved in ice and stone
Her eyes are voids of mystery where souls are bound and lost
But she is but a phantom and I bear the bitter cost
Through veils of blackened whispers she drifts beyond my reach
A goddess of the darkness with secrets she won't teach
Her silence is a dagger that cuts me to the core
For though I see her clearly she'll be mine nevermore
She's the queen of endless night in dreams she's ever near
But reality denies me she'll never hold me dear
Her heart is cold as winter her touch I'll never know
I'm cursed to love a shadow forever left below
In corridors of sorrow I wander all alone
A prisoner of longing in a place she's never known
She dances in the distance on the edge of sight
A ghostly apparition swallowed by the night
The stars weep as they witness the yearning in my eyes
But fate is cruel and silent it never answers cries
She's draped in veils of midnight her soul a hidden art
And though I reach to touch her she slips out of my heart
She's the queen of endless night in dreams she's ever near
But reality denies me she'll never hold me dear
Her heart is cold as winter her touch I'll never know
I'm cursed to love a shadow forever left below
She is the purest darkness a shadow on the sea
And though I try to find her she's never meant for me
In every lonely twilight her face is all I see
But the distance lies between us an endless misery
The winds sing of her beauty but I can never hear
For every word of love is just another tear
In this gothic dream I'm trapped in chains that won't let go
Forever bound to worship a love I'll never know
She's the queen of endless night in dreams she's ever near
But reality denies me she'll never hold me dear
Her heart is cold as winter her touch I'll never know
I'm cursed to love a shadow forever left below