Walk on Vanity Ruins

 is a song from Silent Hill 3 and is track 16 in the Silent Hill 3 soundtrack. The song was composed by Akira Yamaoka with lyrics written by Joe Romersa and vocals spoken by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. In the game, the song plays when Heather Mason encounters Douglas Cartland in the Central Square Shopping Center for the second time.

Lyrics
 In here is a tragedy Art thou player or audience? Be as it may, the end doth remain All go on only toward death

The first words at thy left hand A false lunacy, a madly dancing man Hearing unhearable words Drawn to a beloved's grave

And there, mayhap, true madness at last As did this one, playing at death, find true death at last Killing a nameless lover She pierced a heart rent by sorrow

Doth lie invite truth? Doth verity but wear the mask of falsehood? Ah, thou pitiful, thou miserable ones Still amidst lies Though the end cometh not Wherefore yearn for death? Will thou attend to thy beloved?

Truths and lies Life and death A game of turning white to black And black to white 

Trivia

 * Lyrics consist of reciting parts of Shakespeare Anthology Puzzle clues on the Hard puzzle difficulty level.

Walk on Vanity Ruins