theatre of tragedy - the masquerader and phoenix lyrics

[poem by raymond, music by theatre of tragedy]

hist! - the sonorous orchestral ambience and the arabesque-stanc'd ballerina,
her wee feel in an alacritic maelstrom-twirl,
and the dust-hurl with her tears blendeth - egad! 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 mummmer'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;
his one and sole swath
with the pizzicato'd ensemble blendeth -
and her umbral foetal scream -
as the song climaxeth
and slowly dieth
away...