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Chancellor Bernard : When a donkey acquires a certain age,
And the men who adored you no longer swoon,
It pays to avoid the sunlit days,
And live by the light of the kindly moon…
But the moon grows old just like us all,
And she was not spared from that crime…
So now she prays through endless days…
To take! Her revenge! On Time!
When I was a foal at my daddy’s side,
Baba, the richest merchant,
Taught me, his eldest, all the kinds
To be seen and divergent
And daddy was no dummy.
Knew this’d outrage my pious mummy!
And so he and I would both contrive
That I’d enter the Church to make me thrive
I studied well I learnt the trade
I thought my looks would never fade
If I could find that recipe
To give eternal youth to me
It was always my ambition
To make my plans fruition
As a higher politician
Before being caught by time
That old, weak, flickering sunshine robbed me of my youth
Who to blame? Who the one? Who to curse?
You know the only one to blame
Would be my enemy the sun!
Snuff out the light, claim your right
To a world of darkness
Snuff out the light, neophytes
Of a world of darkness
Ysengrin babe, turn me on,
Every wrinkle soon be gone
I could squeeze myself with glee
At the thought of what you’ll bring me
We’ll really stop at nothing,
Murder, treachery and lying,
Whatever it takes to keep my looks
You really can’t blame a mule for trying… ah!
Snuff out the light, claim your right
To a world of darkness
Snuff out the light, neophytes
Of a world of darkness
Snuff out the light, claim your right
To a world of darkness
Snuff out the light here tonight
Apparitions of eternal darkness
Spiraling in circles through the night
Creatures of beguiling blackness
No more squinting in the light
Bats and owls and coiled sea dragons
Crocodile and carrion beasts
Swirling in the growing darkness
Join us in the coming feast
Spectre wraith and apparition
Spirit demon phantom shade
Salamander serpents, dog-faced devils
Dance and watch the dying sunlight fade!