Choir Of The Valkyries – DORYAN GRAY | The Grotesquery In Me

#SymphonicMetal #GothicMetal #epicmetal DORYAN GRAY by Choir Of The Valkyries, from the album THE GROTESQUERY IN ME. Enter a dark symphonic metal world of vanity, hidden decay, and the terrifying distance between who we appear to be and what we become. LYRICS: I learned so young that beauty opens doors virtue never could. A gracious smile, a faultless pose, the right amount of innocence beneath the light. They loved the surface. So I gave them only that. And somewhere out of sight I left the rest of me. --- Keep the skin untouched, keep the eyes alive, let the years pass quietly without leaving their design. If every flaw must live somewhere, then let it live away from me. Let another surface learn to carry what I hide. --- One lie. Barely visible. One cruelty hidden underneath good manners. One promise broken where no witness stood. Nothing changed. My hands were clean. My face remained exactly as it should. So I tried again. --- Why should consequence be written on my skin? Why should every private hunger tell the world where I have been? They see refinement. They see grace. They see the version I allow them to embrace. And if decay must have a home— I know a room where no one goes. --- I haven't looked for quite some time. I tell myself there is no need. What good could come from meeting all the things I chose not to become? Still... something scratches from behind the door. Something breathes when I pass through the hall. And sometimes in the mirror I could swear my reflection hesitates before it follows me. --- There you are. Every insult. Every appetite. Every tender thing I strangled quietly. Every face I used to keep this one immaculate. Every year that never touched me. You carried all of it. Didn't you? --- I kept the smile. You kept the rot. I kept the praise. You kept the cost. I kept the hands that never seemed unclean. You kept the person I refused to let them see. But now your eyes resemble mine. And mine— are starting to resemble yours. --- Don't look at me like that. I gave you purpose. I gave you every scar I couldn't wear. I gave you shame so I could remain beautiful. I gave you age so I could remain desired. I gave you everything I hated in myself— And called the bargain fair. So why— why are you smiling? --- Keep the skin untouched. Keep the eyes alive. Keep pretending nothing underneath has ever learned to die. Every flaw I hid found somewhere else to breathe. And all the ugliness I buried learned my name. --- The portrait never lied. It only showed what the mirror was too polite to say. In a forgotten cellar, surrounded by dust, cobwebs, and dying candles, Valkyrie stands before a portrait of herself—aged, distorted, and stripped of its beautiful disguise. One face preserves its youth. The other reveals what beauty can conceal. Drawing on the imagery of Dorian Gray, this visual journey explores a haunting question: what would your portrait reveal if it carried everything you keep hidden? THE GROTESQUERY IN ME explores monsters as mirrors of the human mind. Here, the horror takes the shape of a familiar face, transformed by everything left in the shadows. 🖤 What do you see in the portrait: vanity, guilt, fear of aging, or the loss of identity? Share your interpretation in the comments. Subscribe to Choir Of The Valkyries for more symphonic metal, dark storytelling, and journeys into THE GROTESQUERY IN ME. Like the video and share it with someone who loves the darker side of music. ARTIST: Choir Of The Valkyries TRACK: DORYAN GRAY ALBUM: THE GROTESQUERY IN ME For listeners drawn to symphonic metal, gothic atmospheres, literary horror, and cinematic music.