Rise of the Bride
Rise of Redemption: A Love Resurrected
Lyrics
Like all men I sought a perfect life
Expressing a common desire for an ideal life.
To stitch as one the dead to attain the perfect wife
Desiring to unite with the deceased to achieve the perfect spouse.
But the village found it odd that a man should play God
Community disapproval of playing God, leading to condemnation.
Condemned her to be damned, fools could never understand
People's inability to comprehend, resulting in unjust damnation.
And night found them by the fire
Group gathering expressing collective desire through prayer.
Men led by prayer yearned to conspire
Men conspiring against the protagonist in the name of faith.
Alive or dead could their mortal hands hurt her
Contemplating harm, either alive or dead, to the protagonist's love interest.
Into the night they planned her murder
Planning the murder of the protagonist's beloved under the cover of night.
Left alone unaware of creeping foes
The protagonist left vulnerable, unaware of impending danger.
I walked by the river to pluck the perfect rose
Seeking perfection symbolized by a perfect rose by the river.
But on my return a chill ran down my spine
A sense of foreboding as the protagonist returns to a chilling discovery.
My black heart unprepared for what I was to find
The protagonist's unpreparedness for a shocking revelation.
And there she was on the floor
Finding the beloved lifeless on the floor.
Colour drained from lips that I once adored
Witnessing the loss of color and life in the once-adored lips.
A dagger to her breast, to stop her breathing
Describing a violent act with a dagger to prevent breathing.
Those bastards cut her throat to stop her screaming
Additional brutality, cutting the throat to stifle screams.
From the shadow back to light
Transition from darkness to light, seeking the return of love.
To see the love back in your eyes
Expressing a desire to witness love reflected in the beloved's eyes.
I'll hold you close tonight
A commitment to holding the beloved close in the night.
I'd stitch your heart to mine
Symbolic imagery of uniting hearts through stitching.
If you would just give me a sign
Pleading for a sign of reciprocated affection.
That tonight you may rise
An anticipation of the beloved's resurrection tonight.
I've got to put this right
A commitment to correct the wrongs committed against the beloved.
Take her to the tower in the dead of night
A plan to bring the beloved to a tower in the dead of night.
A kiss from a lightning strike
Invoking the power of a lightning strike to revive the beloved.
Should be enough to bring her back to life
Belief that a kiss from a lightning strike will restore life.
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