Dark Empire - The Crimson Portrait lyrics

Out from the dark you came to me Like a courtesan of grace and beauty Pleasure me, enlighten me Become my every fantasy and be away... a cold and distant state And as the final curtain falls Do you contemplate the role you played and stole? [Chorus:] Prepare the stage And play your own psychotic masquerade All entwined In crimson hues, the self which you've defined All the same You paint the portrait of your masquerade All entwined In crimson hues, your altered state of mind And then at once you ceased to be Like a stranger then, devoid of empathy Turn from me, and lie to me, Become the face of our entropy and hate... expressionless decay And as the final curtain falls Do you contemplate the role you played and stole? [Chorus:] Prepare the stage And play your own psychotic masquerade All entwined In crimson hues, the self which you've defined All the same You paint the portrait of your masquerade All entwined In crimson hues, your altered state of mind