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 the shadow of a conscience
The *******'s no longer in the mood
The novelist’s forgotten how to brood
Color in the midnight
Color in the midnight blue
Color in the real life
Color in the midnight blue
The stage was set
He wouldn't forget the place that they first met
Now a dragnet
Her palms are 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 that 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
Something once sacred and profane
Had become impossible to sustain
So now only she remained
Dissolving in the twilight's 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 veins so discreet
The poison in the apple, sickly sweet
Reality distortion field, carried ad nauseum
Reality distortion field, carried ad nauseum
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 finely tuned cutting machine
That teemed with feelings of being 
And gave her reasons to feel serene
Her dreams so dark but right
He took her sight
Started this fight away from the light
Dissolving in the twilight's afterglow (and now she could plan)
Breathing in the ether soft and slow (no man could ever understand)
Blurry-eyed and slurring empty ends (this life was hers to command)
Reality embraced by phantom limbs (the stage was set)
Reflections of the swans out on the lake (this time he wouldn't forget)
Envision something real by mistake (she'd refrain from giving power to pain)
The venom in the veins so discreet (but only she could remain)
The poison in the apple, sickly sweet (only she would remain)
Reality distortion field, carried ad nauseum (reality)
Reality distortion field, carried ad nauseum (reality)
Reality distortion field, carried ad nauseum (reality)
Reality distortion field, carried ad nauseum
Rapt by a vision of gluttony and avarice
Stupefied, agog at the baby king