K96 - Horcrux lyrics

In the restricted section
I read something rather odd about a bit of rare magic
It's called, as I understand it
A Horcrux
- I beg your pardon?
Horcrux
Like it was terminal reading
And I didn't fully understand it

I'm not sure what you were reading, Tom
But this is very dark stuff
Very dark indeed
- Which is why I came to you
A Horcrux is an object in which a person has concealed part of their soul
But I don't understand how that works
One splits ones soul and hides part of it in an object
By doing so, you are protected, should you be attacked and your body destroyed
- Protected?
That part of your soul that is hidden lives on
In other words, you cannot die

How does one split his soul
- I think you already know the answer to that, Tom
Murder
- Yes

Murder
- Yes