[Verse 1] The mask is on the floor and the stage is still wet The play keeps reading itself when the lights have been set Black stars hang low over water that does not reflect I already know every line and I still can’t step back [chorus] Carcosa does not open, it simply is there The twin suns are watching through the cracks in the air The Yellow Sign burns behind both of my eyes And the King does not rise — he was never not here [verse] The lake of Hali is quiet because everything is The towers are empty and the streets know my name I speak the last act and the words taste like dust The audience is gone but the seats are still filled [chorus] Carcosa does not open, it simply is there The twin suns are watching through the cracks in the air The Yellow Sign burns behind both of my eyes And the King does not rise — he was never not here [bridge] No curtain falls No curtain falls The play does not end It just stops having an outside [chorus] Carcosa does not open, it simply is there The twin suns are watching through the cracks in the air The Yellow Sign burns behind both of my eyes And the King does not rise — he was never not here [outro] No curtain falls No curtain falls The play does not end It just stops having an outside
