(05) [Iron Maiden] The Alchemist
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Stranger than the comet as it streaks across the sky
Stranger than the truth I know before my open eyes
I have dealt in mysteries and trickery all my life to entertain
Looked into the abyss and called it by its name
I have conquered time itself and the world inside it
And the mysteries day and night divided
A plague of wonders on your knees beside me
Know the secrets you shall not deride us
My dreams of empire for my frozen queen will come to pass
Know me, the magus I am Dr. Dee and this is my house
I am the master of the tides
I shame the middle in my sight
I grant the music of the spheres across the years
Know this, I will return to this land
Rebuild where the ruins did stand
Chain up the demons set free
Strange alchemy
Gather 'round the aimless and the feckless and the lame
Hear the master summon up the spirits by their names
I curse you, Wayward Kelly, your betrayal for eternity is damned
Though you speak with demons you cannot command
Even as I looked into the glass mirror I was blinded
Burning by the moonlight shone the house of books inside it
You have taken up my wife and lain beside her
Now the blood rain on my house the timbers burning
My dreams of empire for my frozen queen will come to pass
Know me, the magus I am Dr. Dee and this was my house
I was the keeper of the books
I had the knowledge of the scrolls
But now through ignorance and fear
I cast a shadow through the years
Know this, I will return to this land
Rebuild where the ruins did stand
Chain up the demons set free
Strange alchemy
Know this, I will return to this land
Rebuild where the ruins did stand
Chain up the demons set free
Strange alchemy
Know this, I will return to this land
Rebuild where the ruins did stand
Restore the knowledge that I read
Strange alchemy