Wide open falsehood
   the clan destine truths
   rival till the end
   in a series of duels
   pardon the drapery language I choose
   Waltz in Vienna has taught me to use
   every tall room a fiction
   leather bound treasure books
   up to the ceiling
   gold spine upon spine
  
   the guile and the treason
   the faith and allegiance
  
   wide open falsehood
   the clan destine truths
   rival till the end
   in a series of duels
   pardon the drapery language I choose
  
   the author grew fat to imagine
   his lead pen careening
   gave voice to the scheming
   an Aryan cabale to dethrone
  
   the guile and the treason
   the faith and allegiance
   to the empire unknown
  
   the baron and his mistress
   dine in fine banquet hall
   as rebel insurgents plot in
   the attic space crawl
  
   wide open falsehood
   the clan destine truths
   rival till the end
   in a series of duels
   pardon the drapery language I choose
  
   his small hand did strive
   to explain all the
   rants and raves of
   a people enslaved
  
   by the cant of the shrewdest
   capable men
  
   the guile and the treason
   the faith and allegiance
   now lie in my hand
  
   the guile and the treason
   the faith and allegiance
   now lie in my hand