Neutral - The Grief Mistress lyrics

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I hear time howling<br />

In the gray tunnels of ages<br />

Like hounded dream I'm crawling<br />

Through the rusted grills and cages<br />

The Gates with statues weeping<br />

With faces blackened wild<br />

I'm passing slowly creeping<br />

Leaving all them behind<br />

On their ruined towers<br />

Where wishes die denied<br />

The bloody axe and flowers<br />

In weird dance unite<br />

I see indistinct pictures<br />

They're real as my fear<br />

Pale-faced, thin-fingered creatures<br />

On rusted grills appear<br />

With terrifying bellows<br />

In dirty clown suits<br />

One plays the broken cello<br />

Another plays the flute<br />

Their tunes are hymns of sadness<br />

Insanity and grief<br />

And guiding light of madness<br />

Is their true belief<br />

And then appears the Lady<br />

Dressed like a princess dead<br />

And snakes with eyes still faded<br />

Have wrapped around her neck<br />

And tears sweet and golden<br />

Have burned her tender skin<br />

She left all sins forgotten<br />

And whispered: "Let me in..."<br />

Her whisper paralyses<br />

And makes illusions fall<br />

Insanity arises<br />

And shines above them all<br />

My curse, my ancient fellow<br />

Made of concrete and tile:<br />

Black widows, lovely gallows<br />

And Joker's deadly smile<br />

Are left for me in cages<br />

With horrors of my dreams<br />

And funny dying angels<br />

With burning violins...