Fortuna

This song is mainly about truth, and the eternal urge to discover what the right answer is. We want to know how the magicians tricks are crafted, we lie about understanding the world around us as well as understanding ourselves. All in the name of finding, or at least seeking, the Truth.

This song is also about loosing at wheel of fortune at an amusement park.

Lyrics:

Oh fortuna
Tell me, what was I meant to do?
Drowned in moonlight
A fate sealed with wax and glue

And a cup that would tell the truth
Said she saw the world anew
Said there’s something I’ve got to prove

Oh fortuna
Tell me, what was I meant to do?
Spin the wheel and loose?

There’ll be a clearing in the fog
Do you have to know what’s behind that wall?
Will the whisper of your name still feel
the same if you know where it’s coming from?

Oh, so it broke your mothers heart
And you still have her scarf tucked away
in the hat drawer
But misery is no company
and you’ll have to face up to it
your grasping at straws

Oh fortuna
Tell me, what was I meant to do?
Drowned in moonlight
A fate sealed with wax and glue

And a stairway to dark to see
You’ll have to tread forth carefully
He said “it’s not my place so please
See past the framed obscene,
Tell me of your dream”

Oh fortuna
It was a house not unlike yours
And this girl
Whom I used to trust

It was a feverish summer night
My eyes were tinged by bathroom light
A feeling that I couldn’t place
A fence I can not escape

You know it’s a quiet fall
The moment of hesitation
A cover for devastation
This feeling of loosing you patience

Oh fortuna
Tell me, what was I meant to do?
Spin that wheel and loose?