Beneath the Raven's Dark Embrace

Amidst the gloomy midnight air,
Where shadows creep in dark despair,
I sit alone, my mind a-race,
Beneath the raven's dark embrace.

The hollow eyes, the ebbing breath,
The mournful call that echoes death -
These are the themes that I embrace,
Beneath the raven's dark embrace.

What spectral visions haunt my sight?
What dreams torment me through the night?
What terrors fill this lonely place,
Beneath the raven's dark embrace?

O gentle bird, your ominous croak
Fills me with dread that cannot be broke.
My soul is trapped in your cold grace,
Beneath the raven's dark embrace.

Nevermore shall I find release
From this accursed, haunting peace.
My life, my love, my very grace,
Lie broken 'neath your raven's trace.