I struggle in the dark Arising, impending night The horizon fades, and Shadows engulf the light My eyes are fixed On that horrid tower The haunter watches me Will the be my final hour? On this eve it has been seen Through twisted veins of light Wanderlust invades my dreams It's coming for me tonight Hiding in this room, Respite in the candle's glow Still reeling from the dreams Of the horrors only I know The black mist that looks through me Is still there when I shut my eyes My pulse is racing, fear is raging Each breath, a final sigh On this eve it has been seen Through twisted veins of light Living shadows invade my dreams It's coming for me tonight Celestial wisdom I now hold I know the truth Gazing to the western skies I know the truth Silhouette of fear I know the truth Shadows tear through the night The storm is drawing near Tonight I have whirled with the earth at the dawning, When the sky was a vaporous flame; I have seen the dark universe yawning Where the black planets roll without aim, Where they roll in their horror unheeded, Without knowledge or lustre or name. I had drifted o'er seas without ending, Under sinister grey-clouded skies, That the many-forked lightning is rending, That resound with hysterical cries Grant the lightning strength For only it can save me I see things unknown before Things that cannot be I feel the tower reaching to me Light is dark and dark is light Raging hell-wind, I'm helpless I give myself up to the night On this eve it has been seen Through twisted veins of light The haunter that invades my dreams Is coming for me tonight