Prologue I know when Im gone the full tragic truth will also die And therefore their being at last will have been but a lie? If noone is left to remember their sorrowful story? When nobody tells the sad tale? Noones there to be sorry? Imagine a night, Stygian black while youre cosy and warm Imagine the howling of some ineluctable storm So if you are ready and Ive got your outright attention Im ready to unveil the story of old Foremar Mansion Where a family lived long ago but what makes it so weird Is not that they lived there but rather that they disappeared There wasnt a soul from the great hall to the smallest pantry The great Foremar manor henceforward forever stood empty They lived in a house built on dreams and built of burnt bricks Tarted up, impressed by themselves as they swaggered Gave a home to many good friends and to some rascal tricks Sirens lured, could it be that they followed and staggered? Did they care for anyone else except for themselves? So why should anyone care for them now? Empty rooms, not very much left on the old rotten shelves They ended in smoke but you cannot say how But they all are long since gone Its a riddle what went wrong Scarcely anyone knows that they ever lived here Nor do we know why they disappeared Why they all have long since gone Maybe there lived too many monsters under their stairs We dont know if they all were led or were banished Did they see strange eyes in the night that gave them a stare? Did they flee just head over heals as they vanished? Noone knows if they were driven or if they were led Dusty rooms, no more servants to clear away plates Did they cry or did they move on without any regrets? No farewells, no more talks and no boring debates But they all are long since gone Its a riddle what went wrong Scarcely anyone knows that they ever lived here Nor do we know why they disappeared Why they all have long since gone The only things found were remains Of the poor chained unwanted cousin He had been slightly insane From below stairs there was babbling and buzzing He just didnt suit, couldnt fit So he was locked up in the cellar Displeasing he sat in the pit Until he passed, poor little fella But they all are long since gone Its a riddle what went wrong Scarcely anyone knows that they ever lived here Nor do we know why they disappeared Why they all have long since gone Glooming stars, or did they run off for a shimmer of gold? No regrets, theyre all gone without any trace Far away, or are they still prowling around in the cold? Pictures fade, cant remember a name or a face But they all are long since gone Its a riddle what went wrong But they all are long since gone Its a riddle what went wrong Scarcely anyone knows that they ever lived here Nor do we know why they disappeared Why they all have long since gone But they all have long since gone Its a riddle what went wrong So, what drove them away, noone ever can say And the only thing we know today Is that they didnt stay
riddle, since, lived, gone, scarcely