Vienna

Lives spent in vain, never reclaimed take their final bows
When she was far away, a silhouette of dreams
Dreams change, years strain
And suddenly I now know what they mean

Hope has risen, depth and facade all before me now
Pictures and words, visions absurd
Lost illusion's last stands
Lazarus cries there in his eyes
And though I've courted her, she's always stayed unseen
Fairy tale sins, visions by grim, all forgiven

But others whispered that she was so much more

God's hand, absolution found
Now all at once she glitters in the night
Maddened poets all within sights
But that was yesterday and that all was before

Failures in life who'll never know it