In this house of madness He sings his dirge For his sister, Madeline As she fades from his life In this house of suffering I hear his words Heavy and horrible And they sang to me thus: Our time now has been lost In a dim remembered tale My only duty was but to sing And now I laugh - but never smile A smile on her lips so cold She leaves this place Sleep - not for me tonight In this house of death My time now has been lost In a dim remembered song There''s blood upon her white robes A blood red moon The House of Usher will fall now