Track: The Shadow's Lament (Never Gonna Die)

The villain theme for my teen urban fantasy series.

The Shadow's Lament (Never Gonna Die)

Lyrics by Justin Zimmer, music by Suno - Full Playlist

[classical intro][operatic]
Cruel fate took everything I love from me
My boys, my little girl, death stole them away
In the night, their mother, she haunts my dreams
Her lips as blue as when I found her that day

I'd give anything to hold them in my arms
I'd burn this world for a moment of their touch
But when they stood there in that door, I saw the lie
Now I swear that I'm never, no, I'm never gonna die

[bass drop][menacing]
(Ha ha ha ha ha)

[verse 1][rapping]
kigalšè, kigalšè, ŋeštugzu kigalšè si
In the cemetery, the whispers calling me
they soothe me, their promises tempt me 
I answer the call but the promise is empty 
Mammitum shows me my sons, she shows me my girl
She shows me their mother, the love of my world
They're colorless, and lifeless, they can't even speak 
Their eyes sightless, no brightness, bodies sullen and weak 
I'm petrified, and terrified I don't know what to say
The goddess lied, I've been denied, it shouldn't be this way
Death is farce, death is evil, death is a lie
I tell you I'm never, no, I'm never gonna die
(Ha ha ha ha ha)

[classical chorus][operatic]
Death is a demon, he takes all that we seek
Death is a curse, made by the gods to make men weak
Death is the foe we must battle through and through
Death is for man to conquer, and that's just what I'll do

[verse 2][rapping]
Then they trapped me, they cursed me, they put me in chains
I called them my friends, but now I'm betrayed.
A century imprisoned in a cage of stone
Trapped with my hatred, my anger, alone
I have to break free, I need a life for a life
Hear a young girl's dreams, tragic with strife
crying for her daddy, crying for big brother
So weak and sad, easy to reach out and smother
(Ha ha ha ha ha)
I can break into her dreams and make them nightmares
I can break her down until she hears the whispers
She'll hate herself and take herself to that door of stone
She'll heed the call, forsake it all for the great below
I'll break her heart, I'll shatter her mind
With her life in trade, I'm never gonna die
(Ha ha ha ha ha)

[classical chorus][operatic]
Death is a demon, he takes all that we seek
Death is a curse, made by the gods to make men weak
Death is the foe we must battle through and through
Death is for man to conquer, and that's just what I'll do

[instrumental break][cello]

[slow outro][operatic]
Death took away my boys and my little girl 
He stole their mother, the love of my world
When they stood there in that door, I saw the lie
I swear that I'm never, 
no never, 
I'm never gonna die!
(Ha ha ha ha ha)
[end]