Lyrics Bring Forth Ye Shadow - Theatre Of Tragedy

Bring Forth Ye Shadow

Time is an abyss —
Profound as a thousand nights;
I sojourn my haste, I make respites
For what availeith this eager pace?
One step more naught to face
Save the heirloom fatal kiss
I rave no more 'gainst Time or Fate
For lo!
my own shall ne’er come to me
Yet!
— Who doth my future narrate?
Dim the lights — I cannot see!
Bring forth ye Shadow!
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With whom danceth thou?
Time hath stopp’d —
Yet for others ne’er halteth;
For me the Pages of Life do not turn
Lo!
— on the funeral pyre they burn
The oh so eathing Velvet Darkness they fear —
Heed!
— wherefore delve a burrow
When in my arms «O!
Come here»?
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I say, elsewhither is naught but sorrow!
For what deemest thou so dear thy blood
When through my veins it could flood?
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Bide to merry — make me unaptly;
And hence grant me the fell gift
The gift of passing on the dark trick
'Tis such a brazen act of erotic;
Trifle for thee, yet for me grandly thrift
O!
such an innocence depriv’d so hastily —
Alas, for what deemest thou so dear thy blood
When through my veins it will flood?