I have fallen on strange times, and am falling farther still
I arrive on borrowed fortune and a flame yet to fulfill
Still, we play the apex, fleeting moment everlasting
Resound with brazen laughter in crude delights contrasting
The call to order kindles in a room without a view
Raise a glass to ingenuity, here’s to you
The gods are wise in the gifts that they bestow
Because Venus loves you more than you will know
Now, I can’t see the ground for all the stars that fill my eyes
And if I gaze forever, I might never improvise
Ready to appoint, but it’s pointless to obsess
Mortals cannot court a sunset, or feel the moon’s caress
The call to order kindles in a room without a view
Raise a glass to ingenuity, here’s to you
The gods are wise in the gifts that they bestow
Because Venus loves you more than you will know
It seems a sacrilege to wish upon that evening star
But all I wish tonight is to be seen as on a par
Strive to match the pace while the constant crowd is raving
Without or within, I pray they cannot see my craving
The call to order kindles in a room without a view
Raise a glass to ingenuity, here’s to you
The gods are wise in the gifts that they bestow
Because Venus loves you more than you will know
Drinking with divinity, let no one intervene
Raucous mirth for Bacchus, and tonight I am the queen
Perched upon the pinnacle, and searching I remain
For another apex dawning, midsummer night’s refrain
The call to order kindles in a room without a view
Raise a glass to ingenuity, here’s to you
The gods are wise in the gifts that they bestow
Because Venus loves you more than you will know