The Plague of the Pallid Mask Lyrics

Upon the dark shores of the dreaded lake

The denizens of the nameless city

Have just sealed their fate

No more earthly worries

Oh no

Not for them

What did you still think to be human

After betraying me

The king in yellow's decree

The plague

The plague

The plague of the pallid mask

Never shall you remove

These masks you've placed upon you

By this mark you shall be known

The deceivers of the king in yellow

But some did not believe

And refused this cross to bear

And one by one their masks fell down

To the ground

And now

The plague

The plague

The plague of the pallid mask

Behold, as their skin begins to rip

Something new coming through

Human flesh lies tattered and limp

What remains, standing there in their place

My god mere words cannot say

A horror my mind cannot convey

In the most exquisite pain

Forever they will remain

No shadow of what they used to be

Just a shambling insanity

Noxious appendages reaching down

As they pick their former faces from the ground

A new mask to wear

This sign they'll always bear

The king in yellow's decree

The plague

The plague

The plague of the pallid mask