All for the want of that one moment

Ah the city, it's the life you have always wanted
With the never ending joy and merriment
The lights, they shimmer, over souls so empty
And the people, who live just for the moment

I have been there too, longer than you
And I have seen it all, in stupefied wonderment
The happiness in those hollow faces
They don't care, it's all for that one moment

The ecstasy, the high, is too good
To reminisce about that old sentiment
The innocence of love is lost, is broken
Just for the want of those moments

So, go along, I won't stop you no more,
And drown yourself, in that warm current,
And bathe in the bright lights of the shady taverns,
Our bond, though old, now stands completely broken

The shining, it is a wonderful thing,
It draws you, you dance around it in amazement,
Eventually you grow tired but you need the light,
It's a habit before you know it, and it needs fulfillment.

And thus shall continue the story of your existence,
With your soul, now lost, how will you defend
Your deeds, to your future and the ones in it
So you won't, and they, will continue the trend

Long years hence, I hope you will remember
The conversation, that august evening, in the rain
You were not wrong and I was not right
And yet things came to such a shuddering end

I bid goodbye now, it is time to look ahead
And there are many things that I now need to mend
Have to pick up the pieces of my shattered soul
And in my own eyes, I need to ascend.