NEFARIOUS SCHEMES. where is your heart, lonely child? / see not the innocence you’ve defiled / don’t let his charming fool you / he lusts for blood to undo / be on your guard I warn you / be strong and bid him adieu / don’t let his charming fool you / he lusts for blood to undo / don’t let him drag you under / we’ll all be torn asunder / dagger plunged has found its mark / the candle snuffed out now in darkness / wistful melody still heard of one most powerful ripped from this world / “he’s the one who killed lady midnight! he’s the one who killed lady midnight!” / dancers twirling blissfully unaware of their witch queen in despair / esoteric callings from on high / now on my command we will rise / before he comes to take his dues / my precious child you must refuse / no mercy for you, raven man / slain the lady by your own hand / the hoards will shout with glee and mirth, as wickedness is driven from this earth / bells will toll / witches rise / swiftly moving toward their demise / dagger plunged has found its mark / the candle snuffed out now in darkness / wistful melody still heard of one most powerful ripped from this world / smoke will rise and curl in time as in the sky the full moon rises / take my hand and twirl in line and dance the death waltz one last time / “all of these nefarious schemes, brought about by my own hand / with good intent, they were meant to cleanse this cursed land / as I flee, is it she? / an apparition or trick of light, or figment of my guilty mind? / she smiles and glides from sight…”