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