After The Fall

(Fate then informed him
That it is not only his deafness that shaped his life
But his lack of ability to believe
That prevented Theresa from being his wife

She would then show Beethoven
A moment of his life, of which he was unaware
When, as an old man, he walked down a street
And Theresa saw him there

The princess kept her presence silent
As she stood in the shadow of a tavern’s sign
But Fate allowed him to hear Theresa’s thoughts
As she watched him for the very last time)

(THERESA)

Time
Only time
Could never take me away from you

And why
Should it try
Time never cares just what we do

It just sits on a star
And gazes down
Dropping it's moments all around
And if I could wish upon that star
I would find what you dream
And then ask God to grant it

I wanted
To say this
Long before this dark would fall
At night I
Would pray this
Then wonder if god heard at all
For the chances I've had are now long gone
And that star is no longer wished upon
For in this night it seems too far away

Try
I have tried
To pretend that I don't care
But then
Sleep arrives
And in every dream I find you there

But I don't want the past to be my life
And I don't want to live inside the night
But I don't want to see your shadow fade
So I sleep and I dream
Though I don't understand it

I wanted
To say this
Long before this dark would fall
At night I
Would pray this
Then wonder if god heard at all
For that star is no longer wished upon
For in this night it seems too far away

You can live your life in a thousand ways
But it all comes down to that single day
When you realize what you regret
What you can't reclaim but you can't forget
If I could just fall back into my life
And find you there inside this night
And let eternity just drift away