Master Of Disguise Lyrics - Singles - Arcturus

("No! this face is only a mask, a wicked ornament, 

illuminated by an exquisite grimace, 

Look and see, atrociously contorted, 

The real head, and the sincere face 

Turned back under the shadow of the face which lies" 

Charles Baudelaire) 

He is profanity in sanctity's guise 

An alias assumed I do realize 

In their eyes, his cause - 

when enticing and cunning in impact 

is still a criminal and evil act 

So look for him vainly, 

He, the incarnation of magickal nature 

He turns unrecognizable even to the experienced eye 

You obsessively pursue him 

Failing to see, that was why he came to be 

one who annihilates with such impunity 

He appears your friend, but 

the Saint hides many Satans 

He's contemptuous, you know 

of your Godgiven stupidities 

He calls you in question with 

affected modesty and create 

of you an object of derision 

You think him to be pariah 

whom company does exclude 

But in the midst of all frenzy 

He is - feasting in a transitory mood 

Passion is a strict lord 

He is also its humble slave 

When bereft of common ways, 

He strides before you on water 

He makes clowns of kings, 

charm the guests, rides the ball 

Is the master of disguise 

Prince of the thousandfold face 

the charming jester's smile 

which invites reason to demise 

and imaginations rise 

Inscrutable yes, venting his spleen 

Somewhere night and day between 

Is the master of disguise