Gemini from Gemini by Dread Majesty, C Z A R I N A

In the code, I am the choir
And in the flesh, I am the cage
Between the ribs, the rhythm of every wing
Beating endlessly
In the scope, I aim, I have you measured in my sights
You can’t escape
Unseen the hand
The master of puppets is pulling at the strings


CZARINA:
Your hand raised in light
Mine, the night


The mirror cracked when they named me divine
One half left holy, the other maligned
Together now we are both crucified
Two nails, one name:
The Gemini


CZARINA:
And I, the enmity
The sacred cup was stolen from me
And I, the calamity
Giving birth to fire


Luce fer
Umbra sum
Verbi vox
Nullum dum


My sister, in a world that couldn’t be
I kissed your hands and dared to see
The part of me they left to die
The heart of my dear twin Gemini
I’m wherever you are


Luce fer
Umbra sum
Verbi vox
Nullum dum
I’m wherever you are


CZARINA:
Brother, can you see the trail of stars
That I left as I walked wingless in the sky
My ashes scattered for you to follow
Leading you where light cannot shine


We were made for burning, but we still know the rain
We forgive the fever, but curse it just the same
They can’t see the halo
It blurs beneath the light
We are the ghosts you prayed for
The Gemini


Lo’


CZARINA:
And I, tempestuous rage
Forever lost in the holy grail
And I’ve destroyed the cage
Gilded with desire


Saint and monster, both abide
Who sees? I do
Who is? I am
Neither lied


Sing the world awake
There is no sin in sacred rage
Both the blade and balm
Nerve and marrow join
Both born from a betrayal
Cauterize the wound
Under the knee each vein remembers war


We were made for burning, but we still know the rain
We forgive the fever, but curse it just the same
They can’t see the halo—it blurs beneath the light
We are the ones you paid for
We are the ones who die


CZARINA:
Brother, can you see the trail I left in the dirt
As I roamed barefoot in this world
Blood from my feet nourished the earth
Find me where there’s no time nor mirth


Dread is I!
Mirror-born, in ash, baptized
Torn from light but canonized


My dear twin Gemini
Curse them eye for an eye
She said “hold the line”
I glow under the sun
I know smoke in my lungs
She said to hold the line and not give into temptation


My sister, in a world that couldn’t be
I kissed your hands and dared to see
The part of me they left to die
The heart of my dear twin Gemini
I am wherever you are


CZARINA:
The mirror cracked when they named me divine
One half left holy, the other maligned
Together now we are both crucified
Two nails, one name:
The Gemini
Our worlds cracked, I was named sacrifice
Not mere mortals, but born deified
One burned in Darkness, the other in Light
Two gods, one name:
The Gemini

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