Strange Conversation Songtext / Lyric

I heard they had a strange conversation the night Virgil died

He held his frail head up and said I think I wish I'd never tried

To dive down through the darkness, to climb up through the blue

Because beauty without cruelty is ever so much worse than untrue

Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn






And even the divine inspiration of Orpheus' song

It ends with the singing, the spell can only last as long

Then men fall back to blindness, the streams refind their beds

The wild beasts rise back up and spill the blood of innocents

Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn



And our arms branched out like rivers,

Our body filled the world,

The moon hung in our hair,

And the starry night unfurled…



Now are all the waves set to foaming on Ilium's strand

And all my life's labor feels like just a feather in my hand

So no more I'll be your keeper, or sing these songs for you

Take all these useless verses and please take this useless body too

Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn