Lyrics

Rapt by a vision of gluttony and avarice Stupefied, agog at the baby king But still we croon through the night Oh my stars I wish us well Sway in the light Resuscitate the nightingale Try to be kind I long to be Elusive phantom Ethereal vision Of a trace of a shadow of a conscience The herione's no longer in the mood The novelist's forgotten how to brood The stage was set He wouldn't forget the place They first met Now a dragnet Her palms were wet with cold sweat, and yet - No fear now, no doubt Her conscience was steady Without a route for any way out She scouted the room once more - Then a secret, sweet and safe From Life's downpour outdoors A place where they had explored Every pore and contour Waking both heartsore And ready to ignore the rain And the pain of trying to feign Love that had waned They both knew it was insane He said it was impossible to sustain (maintain) So now only she remained Dissolving in the twilights afterglow Breathing in the ether soft and slow Blurry-­eyed and slurring empty hymns Reality embraced by phantom limbs Reflections of the swans out on the lake Envision something real by mistake The venom in the vein so discreet The poison in the apple sickly sweet Reality distortion field carried ad nauseam Reality distortion field carried ad nauseam The anger, a scythe A blight on her otherwise Shiny white life What's done was done And now - be numb? No, she's the sum Of generations of strong worded songs Speaking against wrongs Her women sang along And so would she And her shiny new cutting machine That teemed with with Feelings of being and gave her Reasons to feel serene… Her dream so dark but right He took her sight Started this fight away from the light And now she could plan This man would never command As long as she took a stand The stage was set This time he wouldn't forget She knew it was insane to refrain from giving power to this pain But only she could remain Only she would remain Dissolving in the twilights afterglow Breathing in the ether soft and slow Blurry­-eyed and slurring empty hymns Reality embraced by phantom limbs Reflections of the swans out on the lake Envision something real by mistake The venom in the vein so discreet The poison in the apple sickly sweet Reality distortion field carried ad nauseam Reality distortion field carried ad nauseam