Ever Present, Unescaped The Pale Shade Around Me Stalks Through Reflections Looming Shapes On The Crossroads In Fervent Warding Rituals To Bar The Spirits Entrance Grim Decision Enacted To Let The Deed Be Done Complete The Task End The Mephistophelean Liaison Through Decades Of Labor And Maddening Inspiration Great Works Bound In Flesh Concluding In Syllables That Herald Thy Putrid Name Thy Art Is Witchcraft That I Acknowledge A Journey Through The Woods To Bring Closure In Ritual Into The Devil's Church At The Altars Of Grand Cathedrals Of Nature Incandescing Tome In Red Gaining Power The Ritual Is Closed