The Alchemist

Iron Maiden

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 of light to entertain 
Looked into the abyss 
Called it by it's name 

I have plundered time itself 
Put the world inside it 
And the mysteries day and night divide it 

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 
Doctor Dee and this is my house 

I am the master of the tides 
I shame the mirror in my sight 
What random music of the spheres across the years 

Know this I will return to this land 
Rebuild where the ruins did stand 
Chain of 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 Edward Kelly you 
Betrayal for eternity is damned 
Know you speak with demons you cannot command 

Even as I look into the glass 
Then I was blinded 
Burning the Mortlake shore 
My house my books inside it 
You have taken up my wife 
And lain beside her 
Now the black 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 
Doctor 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 of the demons set free 
Strange Alchemy 

Know this I will return to this land 
Rebuild where the ruins did stand 
Restore the knowledge of memory 
Strange Alchemy