Veil-Edge Calling

[Verse 1]
Dry leaves scrape the pavement
Cheap mask in my pocket
Hands cold
Porch lights blink like tired eyes
I take the long way home alone
[Chorus]
On All Hallows’ Eve
You call my name
From the roots of the dark
From the ash
From the grave
I’m walking that line where the world grows thin
You say
“Turn back now
” but I just step in
[Verse 2]
Front yards full of plastic bones
Fake blood
Plastic knives
Fake screams
Then the street just falls to hush
Like someone muted all the scenes
[Ghost Voice]
You’re late to your own forgetting
You’re early for your final fall
I’ve worn this night like a chain for ages
I answer every restless call
[Chorus]
On All Hallows’ Eve
You pull me near
Past the cracked black gate
Past the rust
Past the years
Your shadow climbs up my shaking skin
You say
“Turn back now
” but I just step in
[Bridge]
Your breath is frost in my breathing
Your sorrow leaks through my sleeves
You show me a ditch and a flashing sign
Broken glass
Twisted steel
Dead leaves
[Ghost Voice]
I died where your heartbeat started
I burned where you first saw light
You’re living the life I was promised
I’m nailed to this endless night
[Chorus]
On All Hallows’ Eve
I hear our fate
In the hum of the wires
In the slow tolling gate
I’m standing so close I can taste your sin
You say
“Take my place
” and I almost give in
[Outro]
Kids laugh down the distant block (hey…)
Fireworks stain the sky bruised red
I whisper
“I’m sorry
” and walk back home
You whisper my name from the land of the dead

rock, Gothic post-punk duet: driving bass, tom-heavy drums, chorus-soaked baritone guitar. Female vocals close and sharp in the verse; distant, reverb-drenched male response tucked behind the beat. Choruses bloom with droning synth pad and stacked female harmonies, bridge strips back to bass and floor tom before a final, cavernous crash-out., female vocals, post-punk