RAISED  THE  SPHINX  OUT  OF  THE  SAND

  AND  APOLLO  DREAMED  ATHENA

  AND  MEN  BEGAN  TO  UNDERSTAND

  THAT  WHEN  DARKNESS  FOLDS  ON  DARKNESS

  IN  THE  RESTLESS  TIDES  OF  NIGHT

  AND  LIGHTNING  RAISES  SHADOWS

  AND  FOR  MOMENTS  GIVES  THEM  LIFE

  IT'S  BEEN  SAID  BY  THOSE  WHO  PONDER

  THAT  IT  SURELY  IS  A  SIGN

  THAT  A  LIFE  TOUCHED  BY  THE  STARS

  IS  NOW  RUNNING  OUT  OF  TIME

  AND  THAT  SOMEWHERE  IN  THAT  DARKNESS

  IN  THE  HEART  OF  THAT  GREAT  STORM

  THE  WORLD  RETURNS  A  SOUL

  THAT  THE  GODS  CAUSED  TO  BE  BORN

  AND  THIS  WAS  SUCH  A  STORM

  THE  KIND  ONE  RARELY  SEES  IN  LIFE

  FOR  IN  A  ROOM  NOW  FILLED  WITH  SHADOWS

  THE  GREAT  BEETHOVEN  WAS  SPENDING

  HIS  LAST  NIGHT