Hinc Illae Lacrimae Lyrics

Hinc Illae Lacrimae lyrics

Swelling pyres sway restlessly  

 From bleak to pale adorn the weald  

 Its wild reflection wondrous  

 A danse macabre in glass  

  

 Glimpse of festive silhouettes  

 Free of face, of name, of guilt  

 Enthroned in thorns, abismal eyes  

 Adorned with fiendish grin  

  

 What forbidden feast of sin  

 Entangles silken nymphs with hordes?  

 To steal a glance pernicious  

 To heed diapason divine  

  

 The longing gaze toward drifting pairs  

 Uncovered dreams of gold and silk  

 Yet gold melts under gruelling blaze  

 Unbidden sentinel unveiled  

  

 Quiescent summons of revelation  

 From eyes angelic bidding forth  

 With ghastly fear and awe amassed  

 Becomes an unexpected guest  

  

 In silence takes his outstretched hand  

 Leads her in the chosen dance  

 A kind of minuet grotesque  

 Kindling fire of the profaned  

  

 The revelers of dark observe  

 The nymph in play with incubus  

 The jealous rage of succubus  

 Unfolds forbidden passion bold  

  

 The embers gasping for a breadth  

 The last guest crawls to find his rest  

 As music slowly dissipates  

 The nymph shares one last toast distressed  

  

 But Time unkind does not release  

 Majestic spirit from this hex  

 His temptress fair of flesh and blood  

 His Galatea etched in stone  

  

 In watchful eye he spies the night  

 Dare not disturb her yearning rest  

 Bestows her dreams by bedside realm  

 Of dancing silhouettes and pyres