Shackles of Eternity

Come with me...
A vampire once said to me
A companion for all eternity
Give up the the weak flesh of mortality
And exchange it for a glorious invincibility
Power
Strength
Immortality
All these he promised me

Stay with me...
A mortal once said to me
I'll be your companion for the rest of my life
Turn from the loneliness and know the comfort of a wife
I will be your life's blood, I can calm the beast inside
Love
Peace
Companionship
All these she promised me

He did not tell me of the lust
This terrible lust for blood
An aching hunger that never fades
He did not tell me I would be a monster
Covered nightly in the blood of the innocent
Hunger
Pain
Anger
He did not tell me these

She did not tell me she would leave
Now I am aching with the weight of this loneliness and loss
I barely knew her comfort before she'd gone
She controlled the beast inside
But now that she has died he runs free
Pain
Agony
Rage
She did not tell me these

Come with me...
A vampire once said to me
His eyes did not see me
Haunted by a ghost only he can see
I gave up for him my mortality
And now I am companionless for all eternity
All this he did not promise me