The Vampire Waltz
Come take your partners
The dance will begin
For the Vampire Waltz
Where love is a sin
Into the hall
Every man and woman prances
Each one to the other
Fakes pride in side glances
Each mask covers pain and sorrow and hope
Who holds to his eye this kaleidoscope?
Come take your partners
The castle’s alight
The spark of love’s fragrance the moon doth ignite
Gone are past worries, gone are past cares
Buried deep in the promise of a new love affair!
What we imagine we try to create
We work it all out and then call it fate!
But what we’ve imagined is impossible to find
So with our eyes wide open the blind lead the blind
When we are cursed with a fixed idea
It’s amazing how many apparitions appear!
“So though I am twisted and crippled inside
On my knees I implore you come be my bride”
The party is over
The castle is gone
But the ghosts of our longings dance on and on
Buried alive in the tomb of our dreams
They come out to haunt us
With new plans and schemes!
Drive a stake of fulfilment
Through each heart’s desire
Ten more will appear to add fuel to the fire
Now say goodbye to your partners
The dance will soon end
For the Vampire Waltz
Is only pretend
© Felicity Buirski 1988