The Alchemist

[Verse 1]
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 its name

[Verse 2]
I have plundered time itself
Put the world inside it
I'm the mysteries
Day and night divide it
A plague of wonders
On your knees beside me
Know the secrets
You shall not deride us

[Refrain]
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

[Pre-Chorus 1]
I am the master of the tides
I shame the mirror in my sight
What random music of the spheres
Across the years

[Chorus]
Know this: I will return to this land
Rebuild where the ruins did stand
Chain of the demons set free
Strange alchemy

[Verse 3]
Gather round the aimless
And the feckless and the lame
Hear the master summon up
The spirits by their names
I curse you, Edward Kelley
Your betrayal for eternity is damned
Know you speak with demons
You cannot command

[Verse 4]
Even as I looked into the glass
Then I was blinded
Burning by 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

[Refrain]
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

[Pre-Chorus 2]
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

[Chorus]
Know this: I will return to this land
Rebuild where the ruins did stand
Chain of the demons set free
Strange alchemy

[Instrumental Break: 3:06-3:52]

[Chorus]
Know this: I will return to this land
Rebuild where the ruins did stand
Chain of the demons set free
Strange alchemy

[Outro]
Know this: I will return to this land
Rebuild where the ruins did stand
Restore the knowledge memory
Strange alchemy