Fable (From "The Light in the Piazza")

You can look in the forest

For a secret field

For a golden arrow

For a prince to appear

For a fable of love that will last forever

You can look in the rooms

For a wishing well

For a magic apple

For a charioteer

For a fable of love that will carry you

To a moon on a hill

To a hidden stream

A lagoon and a red horizon dream

Silhouette

Sail away from time forever

To a valley beyond the setting sun

Where waters shine and horses run

Where there's a man who looks for you

But while you look you are chained turning

You're a well of wishes

You're a fallen apple

No!

No!

Love's a fake

Love's a fable

Just a painting

On a ceiling

Just a children's fairy tale

Still you have to look

And look, and look, and look, and look

And look, and look, and look, and look

Through the eyes

On a bridge in the pouring rain

Not the eyes but the part you can't explain

For the arms you could fall into forever

For the joy that you thought you'd never know

For here at last away you go

To a man who looks for you

Can you find in the world

In the wide, wide world

That someone sees

That someone loves you

Love

Love

Love if you can now, my Clara

Love if you can and be loved

May it last forever, Clara

The light in the piazza