The Mask of Night-Speaking Lyrics

Silence! House of resounding silence! You have called me Unto the place of darkness and ordeal Where the Mask is adorned Death’s vail that conceals Birthing the Other That the Mask may reveal Abject and forlorn Night-flesh congeals The face of Twin Brother That shatters the seal The mouth of this Mask Stills now the breath To speak silent words The true name of Death Alogos, Give a new name to I The key to these halls In which I shall die I stand now before A great barren hearth Cold, still, and lightless The judge of my worth As from a black prism Shines a black light From a cold hearth Rises a black flame I have entered into This House of Night I have come unto Death’s domain As from the black gem that is my heart Refracting from a thousand shining faces Until all I know as I Is torn apart And cast unto A thousand empty spaces