The Cliffs of Wyvern

by Alison Wilgus

** Sung by Goliath to the Barenaked Ladies' "The Old Apartment" * * * * * Journeyed to the cliffs of Wyvern This is where we need to be No more castle, only memories Of those lost so long ago This is where we used to live Proud figures torn apart Stone crumbling to the floor Why couldn't we all have been Behind the rookery door? This is where we used to live Why do these visions taunt me? Why must their spirits haunt me? Am I losing my mind? I don't know what's real anymore Deep beneath the cliffs of Wyvern Though I run, I can't escape Voices crying, voices calling Many voices in my mind This is where we used to live We couldn't beat the dawn Held prisoner by the sun While they died, I stood there helpless There's nothing I could have done This is where we used to live How is it I betreyed them? Maybe I could have saved them... I should have listed to her And taken the clan, everyone But now my regrets are fading fast There's nothing I can do to change the past I have a new home and a new life I'm happy there Though this is where we used to live Time to leave the cliffs of Wyvern There's nothing left for me here Only memories, painful memories Of a life I've left behind I can't go back * * * * *