The Ring

[Verse 1]
It lingers on the mantle, inert, unheeding
A witness to an oath we never fulfilled
I forgo its weight, I dare not wear
Yet cannot exile it from here

[Chorus]
Onyx shell with a violet heart
Sits on the mantle where our secrets hide
I don’t wear you, I let you stay
A shadow of the life we threw away

[Verse 2]
It bore a partner, as I once did
Marred in a box I’ll never see
A mimic glints where it used to rest
On the hand that holds what cannot be me

[Chorus]
Onyx shell with a violet heart
Sits on the mantle where our secrets hide
I don’t wear you, I let you stay
A shadow of the life we threw away

[Bridge]
I cannot bury it, cannot unchain
A relic of love turned specter of pain
Time creeps onward, I remain
Counting the pulse of what’s been slain

[Chorus / Outro]
Onyx shell with a violet heart
Sits on the mantle where our secrets hide
I don’t wear you, I let you stay
A shadow of the life we threw away
A ring once ours, now only my scar of gloom

Brooding rock with darkwave/powerful goth-pop hints, haunting, catchy, onyx & violet mood, male baritone