Dead Gardens

The story behind the painting I drew is already told

No more tearstains on the pages of my diary

Tired but unable to give up

Since I'm responsible for the lives I saved

The play is done (The play is done)

The curtain's down

All the tales are told

All the orchids gone

Lost in my own world

Now I care for dead gardens

My song is little worth anymore

Time to lay this weary pen aside

The play is done (The play is done)

The curtain's down

"Where are the wolves, the underwater moon

The elvenpath, the haven of youth

Lagoons of the starlit sea?

Have I felt enough for one man's deed

Or is it time to challenge the Ancient of Days

And let the virgin conceive?"

All the tales are told

All the orchids gone

All the tales are told

All the orchids gone

Lost in my own world

Now I care for dead gardens