The Dreaming City

I've stolen sapphires
But lost the diamond
I've stolen rubies
But lost my love

I gambled all in the Dreaming City
Pearls slipped through my fingers
But none so pretty
None so pure

Tossed to the gutter in a back-alley hell
I'll have to fight but it won't go well
Like wolves they circle, they snarl, they prowl
They rush to the kill, see them leap and howl

Where has he taken my Joy, my love
Left me here surrounded
All is lost
I robbed them of their treasure
But lost the prize

My dreams, etched in silver were only hes
Lost in the maze of this city of lies
Where good men go when all their hope dies
Where he'l steal your lover, wrap her in chains
Drag her away so that nothing remains

But the filth, the squalor and the stench of decay
I am Despair for he made me this way
I'll fight but I'm cornered and alone in this slum
I'm a desperate man, I'm as doomed as they come