Plaguebearer's Lament

[Intro, Hurdy Gurdy Drone] [Verse 1] In the shadow of death's embrace, Streets grow silent, a haunted place. Once lively markets, now graves of mud, Blackened airs, the reaper's flood. [Chorus] Hear the tolling of the bell, Whispers of heaven, screams of hell. We fall like autumn's withered leaf, Plaguebearer's lament, our shared grief. [Verse 2] Neighbors vanish in the night's cold grasp, Families broken, within death's clasp. From my door, the world decays, As plague turns vibrant lives to greys. [Instrumental] [Hurdy Gurdy Solo] [Verse 3] Churches empty, no solace found, Only echoes of the lost resound. Through the silence, our fates are sewn, In the heart of darkness, we stand alone. [Church Bell] [Chorus] Hear the tolling of the bell, Whispers of heaven, screams of hell. We fall like autumn's withered leaf, Plaguebearer's lament, our shared grief. [Instrumental] [Hurdy Gurdy] [Verse 4] Wails of sorrow fill the murky air, Lost souls mourning in their despair. Empty hearths where fires once burned bright, Now only darkness, day turned to night. [Bell] [Chorus] Hear the tolling of the bell, Whispers of heaven, screams of hell. We fall like autumn's withered leaf, Plaguebearer's lament, our shared grief. [Instrumental, Cello] [Verse 5] Bitter harvest reaped with tainted hands, Desolation spreads across the lands. In the shadows of the plague, we tread, Counting the hours, the living and the dead. [Instrumental, Violin] [Instrumental] [Outro, Hurdy Gurdy] In the silence that follows, the echoes fade, What remains is the life that the plague has made. Grief-laden souls beneath starless skies, Whispering winds carry our demise. [Fade-Out, Cello] [End]