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Belladonna Melodrama

by Charming Disaster

on Spells + Rituals (2019)

[Alexander]
Out my window, in the alley
There's a figure dressed in black

[Isabella]
On the nightstand, lies a pistol
And a letter sealed in wax

[Alexander]
Isabella! Please indulge me!
Rouse yourself and fetch your things!

[Isabella]
Alexander! Is he watching?
Oh my darling, let's set sail tonight

[Together]
Under cover of the darkness
No, we'll never get the horses

[Alexander]
Meet the captain, at the tavern-

[Isabella]
He's a drunkard; can we trust him?

[Alexander]
I remember, when my father
In convulsions on his deathbed
Pulled me closer, in a whisper
Made me promise to avenge him

[Isabella]
Was it sickness? Was it madness?
Some disease that racked his frame?

[Alexander]
Deadly poison from a dagger
While defending his good name

[Together]
My god, could it be those very forces
That are seeking our destruction?

[Isabella]
Did he tell you any secrets?

[Alexander]
I have followed his instructions

[Together]
We are pawns in a game
Of some deep, dark design
Pieces in play, but the board is on fire
Who's will at work, in this sinister plan?
Are we moved in the dark by mysterious hands?

[Alexander]
There's a whipping, ship is tossing
I can barely hear you speak

[Isabella]
Is the letter safely hidden? Would it be safer with me?

[Alexander]
Isabella, don't be frightened. We have left them in the distance
We have proof that will destroy them

[Isabella]
Me and you the only witness

[Together]
Is that a shadow? Or the shape of someone swimming in the water?

[Alexander]
Were we followed?

[Isabella]
Doesn't matter
Soon we'll be across the channel

[Together]
We have parts in a play
Of some deep dark design
Thrust on the stage
But the boards are on fire
Caught in the plot, of a sinister plan
Are we marionettes in mysterious hands?

Crack of lightning splits the darkness
Deck is listing hard to starboard
Ship is sinking, where's the captain?
In the lifeboat, we're abandoned!

[Isabella]
For the last time, Alexander!

[Alexander]
Isabella, please unhand me!

[Isabella]
I must have that cursed letter!

[Alexander]
Do you think I knew no better?
You will never see that message!

[Isabella]
Then you'll die here to protect it

[Alexander]
Mind the pistol!

[Isabella]
Is it loaded?

[Together]
Let it go now hand it over!

(Gunshot)

[Isabella]
Alexander, I am dying
As my life blood flows from me

[Alexander]
Isabella will you tell me
Who directs your treacherous deeds

[Isabella]
Oh my darling, ere I perish
Please believe I loved you truly

[Alexander]
Was it Masons? Rosicrucians?
Jesuits? Illuminati?

[Together]
Unseen powers in the shadows
Never named but in a whisper?

[Isabella]
Trade the secret, for one last kiss...

[Alexander]
…Belladonna on your lipstick

[Together]
We are trapped in a maze
Of some deep dark design
Seeking escape, but the walls are on fire
Who is to blame, for this sinister plan
The society of the mysterious hand