Masque Of The Red Death Lyrics - Stormwitch

The gates are closed, the bolts are welded 

they've left the red death far behind 

in the abbey's deep seclusion 

there's just beauty, there is wine 

The external world is dying 

death is raging in the shade 

no time to think about the terror 

let's celebrate the masquerade 

But who's that stranger in the dark? 

his vesture is dabbled in blood 

his masque shows scarlet signs of pest 

masque of the red death 

The fete is held in seven clambers 

triponds spread a gleaming light 

glare and glitter, madman fashions 

feverish dreams in the dead of night 

The mighty clock strikes twelve, it's midnight 

and the echoes fade away 

the crowd becomes aware of a figure 

dressed in cerements of the grave 

but who's that... 

Try to catch him, try to gasp him 

try to seize and to unmask him 

prince Prospero foams with rage 

But he cries out 

and his death-shout 

took possession of the whole crowd 

'cause the red death entered their cage 

Darkness and decay, and the red death 

holds dominion over all