Another sun sets on baleful lands Transmuting into a crimson orb of transient wonder The last of it's waning rays die As the lady of the night's song starts anew My lady of darkness Shed thy earthly guise, So that the meek might see destruction As black tears rain from the sky Your image is splendor Gaiety amidst death Close now thy ebony wings And steal the world's dying breath Resplendent in silver, the first strains of her epic of woe Enthrall the nocturnal beings drawn to her sight A doleful opus to the wonders of night Enveloped in a shroud of pain Her song has reached crescendo And her descent is nearly complete Shadows of magic ascend from dusk Revealing the moon for all to see My lady of darkness Shed thy earthly guise, So that the meek might see destruction As black tears rain from the sky Your image is splendor Gaiety amidst death Close now thy ebony wings And steal the world's dying breath