Aberdeen - The Great Masquerade
I have a story to tell you I knew this girl back in Aberdeen Eyes of a deep ocean opal With a fierce likeness to a sun beam You'll only know what I tell you Half a tale spun out of scandal and solitude She followed me back home to London All for a candle that kept the wick blue This dream remains evergreen I've been there once or twice in spirit Sipping whiskey down in Aberdeen I say all of this freedom's illicit Come face to face with my ingenuity She's on her way back to Essex Amongst the six degrees of rusted vanity She left a full throttled stain on my reputation This subtle babble is perennial I leave red torrents hinting my abdication But Aberdeen is on the cusp of denial Ruining my valiant intentions Once all of this is done and dusted I forget what it all means Deep in the fading silence do I question Do I really need this misery? I still recall how her whispers flutter As soft as the lace on her waist and her wrist Naming my ego in the violet of twilight Fo...