Lover's Mask

from FESTIVAL OF DEATH (1994) by Damien Youth

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Misty Saturday, Walking through the fields.
I spied you in the golden dawn
Hanging clothes and singing songs

Oh, I am over here, by the wishing well
Captured by your innocence
I long to taste your hemlock kisses

I'll praise thy holy name in song
and they'll ascend up to the spires
To be sung by the 9 choirs
For I have surely cast my gaze
upon a beauty to be praised
for all the passing of the days

From my lonely tower, I am casting spells
With touch-me-nots & widow's dare
stolen locks of golden hair

The circle can't be broke, I drink the sacrament
I take your picture from the frame
and feed it to the candle flame

I will bewitch thee with my spells
I'll drop a lily in the well
Soaked with frankincense & gale
For I have surely cast my gaze
upon a beauty to be praised
for all the passing of the days

Will you wear the mask, of my lovers past
Hold me close in candle rooms
listen to my haunted tunes
Oh, I will worship you, like I used to do...
In this bed where once we loved
the sheets still smell of sandalwood

I will hold you like a child
& you can close your weary eyes
& I'll be there til morning skies.
For I have surely cast my gaze
upon a beauty to be praised
for all the passing of the days

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from FESTIVAL OF DEATH (1994), released October 11, 1994

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