Midway into the dark Straight forward pathway had been lost I thought I had to find the cipher Of Dante's Comedy Divine Else do I have to say Speak will I of the other things This way to paradise is paved With my monsters and stoned with their cries Finally come to an end Over and over and over Over and over again This is the day we've hailed for such a long time Death in Venice so sweet Sweet as the end Once I was hunting for Athanasia With a grim sardonic end In Circle 9 there's a stairway to light My son is the key to eternal salvation Here it starts and here it ends Over and over and over Over and over again This is the day we've hailed for such a long time Death in Venice so sweet Sweet as the end Precious allegories Of a death in Venice Where the gondolas float bejeweled Dressed in mourning This is the day we've hailed for such a long time Death in Venice so sweet Sweet as the end