Genealogy of Red, White and Black

**Genealogy of Red, White and Black** is a song describing the story of the Original Anastasia.

## Lyrics

La tua bellezza è un crimine (Your beauty is a crime)

Compensa per il crimine in forma chiamò la morte… (Compensate for the crime in the form called death...)

“I want a child white as snow that's falling

red as the blood we bleed and black as ebony”

Such were the words the woman said in prayer

Soon, she would hold the girl the heavens gave her

Now, many years have passed since that fated day

But it would seem that things are going astray

Here, where the light can't reach the shadows under

“Evil” was taking root and growing stronger

Aah…. And the hand that reached out, seeking aid

-- It was quickly brushed away

Searching for what all the hurt and confusion couldn't explain

-- Clouded in disdain!

Aah, and with every minute ripening

-- Poison seeping deeper into me

Unhappy jealousy, enmity, ever sharpening...

--Love slowly changes

to insanity!

*Let go of the hope you hold onto*

*There’s only my own hateful hue*

*Ohh-ey-oh em-see-o gayo gayo o-o-ey la nnn da*

*There is not a trace so called love*

I take string that connects us in red

With a cruel smile, I cut away the thread

Your “beauty” is but a crime in this world

So repent! Her own fate will incarcerate the girl

I bear the blame of unjustified claims

As I burn in the fire that’s fueled by hate

The color that's dripping from my chest

Is the color you gave to me that day bestowed in red

Skin, oh so pale, like the snow in winter

Lips, bloody red, it makes me want to kiss her

Beauty so stunning I could not behold it

One look at her had pierced me like a bullet

After I ran away into the forest

I came upon a single man in the midst

The look inside his eyes was kind of creepy….

All I could see from him was “lust” to take me

Aa, have my wishes finally come to life?

-- Then he grabs my hand so tight

If only I could preserve this moment for the rest of time

-- I can’t leave his side!

Aah… Even if you hate me in the end

-- His derision fills my chest with dread

Still, all I want is to take everything ‘til your last breath...

-- Could he be wishing to make love to Death?!

I take ahold of your warm, slender neck

And my fingers are cold against your pretty flesh

Your “beauty” is but a crime in this world

So allow me to take repentance from the wretched girl!

I bear the blame of unjustified claims

As I’m forced to bring comfort to a man that I hate

The color of searing pain inside

is the color you gave to me that day bestowed in white

The love that I had always craved

--- Wasn’t given, turned away

The hand I thought would keep me safe

--- Led her to a heinous fate

What they all expect from me

--- repent your sin of beauty

Barely holding onto life

--- No one thought she would survive…

I take the string that had bound us in red

Though it’s broken, I hold it closely to my chest

Without the words for the pain in my heart

I will throw it away now, and tear it all apart

The broken pieces of love that are left

Will turn into a sword that will give me my revenge

To you who have always wished for my end

I swear, I will lead you to all-consuming death!

I’ll take the blame of unjustified claims

As I rise in the fire that’s fueled by hate

What's blooming now in my heart, at last...

is the color you gave to me that day bestowed in black