Carmilla

Beneath this still and moonlit sky

A specter stirs, a name I sigh

Carmilla—soft and cruel embrace

You haunt my soul, you steal my grace

O Carmilla, shadow and flame

Your touch ignites my heart, my shame

A silken chain, a velvet snare

My soul undone by your dark care

You come to me, through dreams you glide

A phantom bride, forever tied

Your voice, a hymn of sweet despair

Your kiss, a wound beyond repair

O night! O night! Your veil is kind

It hides the curse that love can bind

Yet in your arms, I know my doom

Your love shall carve my living tomb

Carmilla! Queen of night, profane

A thief of blood, yet I remain

A willing slave, a willing feast

Devoured whole, yet not released

O take my breath, O take my light

Consume my soul, eternal night

If love is death, then let it be

For in your shadow, I am free

Beneath the earth, where death doth bloom

I’ll rest with you in quiet gloom

No sun shall rise, no stars shall fall

Forever yours, my all… my all