The Horror!

The ivory reaches for a phantom hand A gilded dereliction in a hollow land Appraise the agony of the thousand years Where the noble words are drowned in fears I've seen the rebels grinning on a circle of stakes! Where the imbecile rapacity finally breaks! The Archive of the Abject is open in the room! Probe the pitch-black of the impending doom! The horror! The horror! Extinguishment of the ego's spark! The horror! The horror! The immense jabber of the conquering dark! I lied to her... I told her your name... An election of shadows... a mandate of shame... (The last word he said... J-e-r-u-s-a-l-e-m)