I can hear him sharpening his blade I can hear him dragging the tool of his trade The phantom vision The audible taunt The apparition Perpetual haunt The wraith, the wraith O, the arbiter of obsession, the messenger of faith The phantom vision The audible taunt The apparition Perpetual haunt The circumcision Undeniable want Without permission Spiritually gaunt The wraith, the wraith O, the arbiter of obsession, the messenger of faith One body Two souls Purgatorial uncertainty Surrounding mirrors of deceit If he is me, then I am he Illusion shrouded by this spectral sea Murderous stranger of mercy Suicidal by proximity Hard to breathe, harder to eat When I've got so many mouths to feed O, wraith Sharpen your blade (O, wraith) Menacing display O, wraith