In caliph's court Born and enslaved only then to be exiled in fear Raised by ghouls and beings of ill portent Secrets of blood upon desert sands Greatest conjurer, who through music enthralled evil from places unseen Hearken, I speak of alhazred Traveler of the realm beyond sleep Dance with the djinn Stare into death's pallid eyes Commune with the dead Harvest their black wisdom From babylon, ancient whispers Carry echoes from old, deathless kings Here within this dying beast's entrails Lie red visions of your empires fall Greatest sorcerer who, unblinking, gazes into the blackest abyss Hearken, I speak of alhazred Who sees all, yet remains unseen Dance with the djinn Stare into death's pallid eyes Commune with the dead Black wisdom seals your demise To walk the crimson wasteland and thus return unscathed Pacts of spirit and flesh shall mark your wretched soul Above the sands of damascus awaits the nameless void For, the deathless ones to whom you're tethered Reach out to seal your demise From the blackest abyss, peers an ageless terror The great, crawling chaos grants knowledge infernal Summon the dead payed with blood Torn limb from limb Alhazred