Anathema

Intro

I am the curse you whisper in your sleep…

the shadow you pray to never meet.

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Verse 1

Every step I take, the ground decays,

Every word I breathe cuts deeper than blades.

Born with a fire that only consumes,

A sacred wound, an unholy tomb.

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Chorus

I am the stain you’ll never wash away,

The wound in your soul that forever stays.

No prayer will cleanse me, no light forgives,

I’m doomed to destroy everything that lives.

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Verse 2

I begged the sky to tear these chains,

But silence was the only hymn that came.

Now I wear a crown of thorns and flame,

A king of ashes with no name.

Chorus

I am the stain you’ll never wash away,

The wound in your soul that forever stays.

No prayer will cleanse me, no light forgives,

I’m doomed to destroy everything that lives.

Bridge (angrier, shouted)

Don’t touch me, I’ll make you bleed!

Don’t love me, I’ll make you grieve!

This body’s a plague, this soul’s a chain,

And all I give is endless pain.

Final Chorus

I am the scar you’ll carry in the dark,

The shadow that burns out every spark.

No altar can save me, no heaven above,

I’m damned to the ruin of every love.

That’s all I’ll ever be… a curse dressed in skin.