Quoth the Raven lyrics

I am the mystery

And i am the bringer of moonless night

I bear the wisdom arcane

I, harbinger from the burrowed isle

Once you break forth

Hearken the flap of my wings

I haunt your fears

Though you don't know of my duty

To lead your path

Because i'll take you home to rest

In my black wings enfolding you

I am the icon sublime

The guide on the voyage clandestine

I sing the verses bewailed

I, torch of the radiant way

Once you step out

Hearken the strokes of my wings

Once you will leave your cocoon

I will be there

I haunt your fears

Though you don't know of my duty

To lead your path

Because i'll take you home to rest

In my black wings enfolding you

"And death will smile his barefaced smile

Initiating your final anguish

It is not before my arrival

That you will be lead to feel

The natural serenity of leaving this world...

Hear my wings caressing the wind

Hear my cry!"

I haunt your fears

Though you don't know of my duty

To lead your path

Because i'll take you home to rest

In my black wings enfolding you