The Witch of Black Hollow — Igor Kumachev

Текст песни

[Intro: music box slowing down, wind, raven's cry, church organ, distant female choir in Latin]

[Verse 1 female — soft, haunting, with gothic sorrow, piano and cello]
She lived alone where the mist never clears,
In a house of bones and forgotten years.
The village below whispered her name,
And burned her shadow just to feel sane.
She gathered herbs when the moon was high,
She sang to the dead as they passed her by.
She never cursed them, never wished them ill,
She only wanted to be left... still.

[Pre-Chorus male — low, mournful, strings building]
And when the torches lit the night,
They dragged her out into the light.
They said: "Confess! You serve the beast!"
She smiled and said: "I only wanted peace"...

[Chorus female — operatic soprano, male — growl, choir — scream, sympho-metal]
The Witch of Black Hollow — she never died!
The Witch of Black Hollow — she's still inside!
[Together with choir]
They burned her body, but not her soul,
They broke her heart, but she took control!
The Witch of Black Hollow — in ashes and flame,
She whispers your name, she whispers your name!
You thought you killed her — you were so wrong,
The Witch of Black Hollow is singing this song!

[Verse 2 male — low, storytelling, organ underneath]
They tied her hands with a holy rope,
They stole her dignity, they stole her hope.
The priest recited his hollow prayer,
While children watched and mothers stared.
She didn't scream, she didn't cry,
She looked at them and said: "Goodbye.
You'll never know what you have done,
You'll never see what I've become."

[Pre-Chorus female and male — dialogue, strings building]
And when the torches lit the night,
They dragged her out into the light.
Together:
They said: "Confess! You serve the beast!"
She smiled and said: "I only wanted peace"...

[Chorus female — operatic soprano, male — growl, choir — scream, sympho-metal]
The Witch of Black Hollow — she never died!
The Witch of Black Hollow — she's still inside!
Together [with choir]
They burned her body, but not her soul,
They broke her heart, but she took control!
The Witch of Black Hollow — in ashes and flame,
She whispers your name, she whispers your name!
You thought you killed her — you were so wrong,
The Witch of Black Hollow is singing this song!

[Bridge: alternative metal — downtuned guitars, blast beats, symphonic orchestra in chaos, growl and scream]

[Female scream]
You called me devil! You called me whore!
[Male growl]
But I was the one who fed your poor!
[Female]
I healed your sick! I saved your crops!
[Male]
And you gave me fire, and you gave me rocks!
Together [scream]
"You fear what you don't understand!
You kill what you cannot command!
But I am the wind! I am the rain!
I am the silence inside your brain!"

[Solo: symphonic — violins shrieking, organ, choir, then alternative metal — chaotic solo with crackling fire, female laughter, raven cries]

[Verse 3 female — spoken word building, male — whisper in background, organ]
Seven years later, on a winter's night,
The village slept, but they felt a fright.
The wind was howling a different tune,
And in the darkness, a silver moon.
[Male whisper]
"Black Hollow... Black Hollow..."
A child was born with a mark on her hand,
A crescent moon on a burning land.
And in her eyes, a familiar flame,
And the villagers knew... the witch came.

[Chorus slow, mournful, female and male together, almost whispered, symphonic strings and organ, Latin choir]
Together [with choir]
The Witch of Black Hollow — she never died,
The Witch of Black Hollow — she's still inside.
They burned her body, but not her soul,
They broke her heart, but she took control.
The Witch of Black Hollow — in ashes and flame,
She whispers your name, she whispers your name.
You thought you killed her — you were so wrong,
The Witch of Black Hollow is singing this song.

[Outro: silence, wind, raven's cry, female laughter echoing, organ fades, choir fades, music box ends]

[Female whisper, operatic]
"I never wanted revenge..."
[Male whisper]
"I only wanted peace..."
[Together]
[Female]
"Only peace..."

[Final chord — symphonic crescendo, cut off, complete silence]