Elaris (The City That Still Breathes)

#gothicmetal ‪@JohnTheodorou‬
Elaris…
I hear you in the snow.
Behind the ice, behind the storm-wall,
a ruined crown of light—
your towers sleep in frozen ash
beneath the broken night.
I walk your streets like hollow prayers,
my breath a silver chain,
and every stone repeats your name
like it remembers pain.
The wind keeps saying “turn back now,”
the shadows say “let go,”
but I feel a heartbeat under stone—
a city breathing slow.
Elaris… don’t fade away,
I’m still here in the storm.
Elaris… I’ll take the blame,
I’ll carry what you mourn.
If your last light is buried deep,
I’ll bleed to make it glow—
Elaris… I won’t leave you
alone in snow.
The Echo Children in the alleys
hum a lullaby of rust,
and Moonfire burns along my veins
like holy spite and dust.
I see your past in flickering glass—
a market, bells, and song,
then silence snaps the world in half…
and still I walk on.
If memory is a knife in me,
then let it cut me clean—
I’d rather break than live untouched
by what we used to be.
Elaris… don’t fade away,
I’m still here in the storm.
Elaris… I’ll take the blame,
I’ll carry what you mourn.
If your last light is buried deep,
I’ll bleed to make it glow—
Elaris… I won’t leave you
alone in snow.
Say my name from the shattered gate,
say it like a prayer—
I’ll trade my peace for one more dawn,
I’ll meet you in the air.
Seraphiel in broken light,
Auralia in flame—
hold this world together, love…
even if it scars my name.
I am not brave…
I’m just the last one
who stayed.
Elaris… don’t fade away,
I’m still here in the storm.
Elaris… I’ll take the blame,
I’ll carry what you mourn.
If your last light is buried deep,
I’ll bleed to make it glow—
Elaris… I won’t leave you
I won’t leave you
alone… in snow.
Elaris…
breathe.