The Black Lotus [007 Theme Song Challenge]

✍🏼 ALL LYRICS AND IDEAS BY EME LATINA (2025) ------------------------- THE CHALLENGE: ------------------------- **The 007 competition HAS ENDED. ***A small neutral 3rd party panel of Musicians/Bond fans will pick a winner around Sept. 1st. ------------------ LYRICS: ------------------ [Intro - Minimal piano and ambient pads] ... I didn't want to know the truth I should've never known the truth [Verse 1] A thing of beauty, built to wound Deceit uttered sweet and cruel I never meant to take the fall You were always built to burn Once I thought I had it all... 'Til I watched The Black Lotus turn [Pre-Chorus] I should’ve known by how you smiled That nothing good would stay awhile [Chorus] I never meant to love the lie But oh, how sweet the venom bloomed I never meant to say goodbye But now that's all I'll ever do [Verse 2] You drew me in, a perfect curve... You watched me hit the wall and swerve And I had hoped that I was wrong That before the day went on too long... That I would find your loyalty to me [Pre-Chorus] They warned me love could be a lie But not the kind that lets you die [Reprised Chorus] If I am to end up doomed... Can you at least tell me why? You are The Black Lotus that bloomed I never meant to say goodbye But now that's all I'll ever do All I'll ever do This ends with me and you... [instrumental End]