Waiting in the shadows Cloaked by the veil of night The father of a line of kings His soul must take flight The King feared his knowledge And his offspring’s fate to reign He called forth three a**a**ins To complete the Sisters’ Bane His Treachery at climax For blood again was shed All the bonds of friendship In pieces they were shred Blood Will Have Blood Twenty Stabs For A Fruitless Crown My Will Against God Twenty Stabs For A Fruitless Crown Rejoicing at the banquet For as King he was proclaimed
Alas upon his throne…sitting Lay a spectre, pale and maimed With twin black eyes it glared at him A manifestation of his guilt With blood so cold, and skin so white He pledged the spirit to quit his sight He spoke to it in terror Though invisible to his guests The Queen, upset exused her husband For this fit as if possessed But the spectre doth appeared For the second time that night With a reckless spree and outburst To his chambers the prince took flight