Veil of Scarlet Fate

Cold on the bannister,

dust on the frame

I hear my own footsteps calling my name

There was a night I let the silence choose A door left

open, a truth I could lose The house kept still,

but the walls leaned near

Like they had learned the shape of fear

I carried the blame like a coat in rain Too heavy to

warm me, too close to pain

If fate has a face,

it waits at the stair Counting each promise that vanished in air

I know it's coming,

I know it's there

Oh, I was born with a crack in my courage Running from

fire, then calling it fate

Oh, every bell in my chest keeps on tolling Guilt is the

hand at the turn of the gate

Morning came pale through a bruise-colored sky

I tried to confess,

but the words passed me by A photograph trembled,

the window complained And all that I buried came back with the

rain I swore I was innocent,

almost believed Till the mirror returned what the dark had conceived

Run if you want to,

the road bends around Fear wears your footsteps,

it knows every sound Ah,

fate is a wheel and it's dragging me down Oh,

I was born with a crack in my courage

Holding my breath at the edge of the blade Oh,

every bell in my chest keeps on tolling Love left the room

and the reckoning stayed Oh,

hear the night when it speaks through the rafters Nothing forgives what

we bury too late

Dust on the frame,

and a hand at the door

I won't outrun what I ran from before