Fixed Stars in Vienna

[Intro]
[Verse]
The dust is gilded in the beam
Of morning's pale and silver dream
I turn the heavy vellum page
To find a ghost of another age
Your ink has faded to a gray
Like shadows at the end of day
[Pre-Chorus]
Here the Hunter, there the Bear
Drawn with such a tender care
Rococo curves and swirls of gold
Stories that we never told
[Chorus]
Oh, the stars are fixed and bright
Burning through the Viennese night
Though the fever stole your breath
We are bound beyond our death
In the charts and in the glow
Of the love we used to know
I will wait for you to stay
While the heavens drift away
[Post-Chorus]
(Ooh, the stars remain)
(Ooh, through the winter rain)
[Verse]
The palace floor was cold and wide
We wore our masks and stepped aside
Beneath the crystal chandelier
I whispered secrets in your ear
The frost upon the windowpane
Wrote out your name in frozen rain
[Pre-Chorus]
I touch the paper, feel the heart
Tucked inside your lonely chart
I follow every line you trace
To find the contour of your face
[Chorus]
Oh, the stars are fixed and bright
Burning through the Viennese night
Though the fever stole your breath
We are bound beyond our death
In the charts and in the glow
Of the love we used to know
I will wait for you to stay
While the heavens drift away
[Bridge]
Red wax melts and drips like tears
Sealing all our golden years
The viola sighs a low lament
For every hour that we spent
Arpeggios climb the spiral stair
But you are never standing there
[Verse]
I track the transit of the sun
Until my daily work is done
The folio rests against my chest
Where aching memories go to rest
Smallpox took the man I knew
But not the light I found in you
[Chorus]
Oh, the stars are fixed and bright
Burning through the Viennese night
Though the fever stole your breath
We are bound beyond our death
In the charts and in the glow
Of the love we used to know
I will wait for you to stay
While the heavens drift away
[Post-Chorus]
(Fixed as stars above)
(Is our quiet, timeless love)
[Outro]