The maquerader and Phoenix - Theatre Of Tragedy

The Masquerader And Phoenix
Theatre of Tragedy
Hist The sonorous orchestral ambience
And the arabesque stanc'd ballerina
Her wee feet in an alacritic malstrom
Twirl And the dust-hurl with her tears blendeth
Egag this quagmire
Pasteth her unaptly apt feet to the stage
Like the wither'd rose of the luciferous Eden
By the mummer'd-masquerader espied vigilly and mockingly'
His behesting visage' tho' ruddily mummer'd 'tis -
Embower'd and eddying oft and eft gloam by gloam
Her sweetness ne'er cloy - further further -
His scratching and dallying hollow-hearted eyes
Her breasts and vestal heart caress'
And like the dove and bird of prey leapeth she aerily'
Whileas the orchestra playeth on travailingly
And like the dove and bird of prey leapeth she aerily'
Whileas the orchestra playeth on travailingly;
And like the dove and bird of prey leapeth she aerily'
Whileas the orchestra playeth on travailingly;
His one and sole swath
With the pizzicato'd ensemble blendeth
And her umbral fatal scream
As the song climaxeth
And slowly dieth
Away