Ballad of the Damned

In the moonlit forest he waits
And his true love shall awake from her dreams
To find they are real
And she shall come to him
On the path of light
Paved by the dreams of a lonely lover
And she shall walk this path over again
As she does tonight

His raven-haired beauty shall come
Quick in step and light of heart
For it has been many a night
Since she has ceased dreaming
To live the life she longs for
At night when the moon is high
And her spirit is low
Until they share their sorrows

He speaks of his youth held so long ago
Before he became one of them
And she listens as he retells
That night he lost the light
So very long ago
He speaks of eternal night
How he longs for the sun
Which he relives in her

And then her decision
Made in the darkness of night
Shall fill him with joy
Her choice born
So long ago in her heart
Shall make him live now
And he is whole again
As her neck cries the tears that have been held back for so long

It is finished
And now she will never live among them
The men who greedily sought her heart
Leaving her as broken
As the one she gave her soul to save
Now she is loved
Though damned for eternity
Love makes the sorrow worthwhile