Where Black Stars Beckon

Where Black Stars Beckon From a silver void We needful seekers Surrender to receive From empty ewers Our old renown restored The way is opened The mask does not deceive Have you heard? Did you know? We can be great again Where flap the tatters of the king Carcosa is forever Time without time and dream The city of occlusion What awful sight unseen Carcosa is forever Apocalypse obscene The city of conclusion The lake becomes a scream The lake becomes a scream From vapor waves breaking Sprays opiate froth And cloying nostalgia Glazes our eyes We yearning bathers Play out in the surf Grey children beneath The argent mirror skies He will repair He will restore Our reputations lost At last, he lifts his mask Carcosa is forever Time without time and dream The city of occlusion What awful sight unseen Carcosa is forever Apocalypse obscene The city of conclusion The lake becomes a scream Carcosa is forever Apocalypse obscene The city of conclusion The lake becomes a scream Carcosa is forever Though gilded rafters shake The city of obtusion That haunts the wide awake