Victims of the renaissance Might screamed in the dead of night The horror, the terror Ruler in machiavellian Days stole all of their days away To darkness to sadness I still see painful eyes I still hear distant sighs Among shadows lingering on Gaze up high into the open sky From these halls and chambers To the moon and to the winds I cry Soul's aglow in the darkest of Hue miseries are still undue Forever and ever I caress the thickening Air and all memories it bear With yearning and longing I still see painful eyes I still hear distant sighs Among shadows lingering on Gaze up high into the open sky From these halls and chambers To the moon and to the winds I cry Far behind these castle walls Glories and virtues fall Fall for the lunacy Deep inside where the time weeps Tyranny is fast asleep In shadows, in echoes I still see painful eyes I still hear distant sighs Among shadows lingering on Dim is the day for the grim and the grey As destiny's proven unfair Fair as a fay is the dawning of the day At which I forlornly do gaze