8 - Nautical Twilight (Mendelssohn. Venetian Boat Song from Songs Without Words, Op. 30)
As the day gave way To nautical twilight I turned My back on The force of which I was made I abandoned it Rupturing the delicate balance When I left my world for his Day after day As my city fades And is swallowed by his sea She is boundless Even breaking on the beach Every hour commenced No fusion and fission Can unify or drive a force to split He has been possessed To drink of the spices From the east by his liquid mistress Which then pushed me into the lair Of uranium, she divides time between Greed and his twin, tyranny Day after day Cities all betrayed And the earth, his songs lay their blade She is boundless But by then she has been frayed As the night gives way To nautical dawn I can see I must activate the force of which I'm made