They say night skies have countless stars
Each one holds a secret part
I've read nine hundred ninetynine stories
But yours is missing from the start
Sand storms sweep through Baghdad walls
Camel bells break ancient calls
I lay out fate's unfinished board
Both black and white remain unword
One Thousand and One Nights still play
You're the next page I can't display
Fate's like a game
unsolved
unsaid
How can I play this game instead
If you're the piece that won't descend
I'll guard this halfplayed game till end
Until the dawn burns out the last page
She told of lamps and flying rugs
Said true hearts bring out magic hugs
I lit the thousand and first light
It showed your shadow taking flight
Roses bloom in market's air
Their scent becomes a sigh of care
Black or white
it means no more
You're not on the board
that's what I deplore
One Thousand and One Nights still play
You're the next page I can't display
Fate's like a game
unsolved
unsaid
How can I play this game instead
If you're the piece that won't descend
I'll guard this halfplayed game till end
Until the dawn burns out the last page
Perhaps I'll wake when morning breaks
And find it's just a dream that makes
But this warmth left on the board's design
How can I explain it
it's so fine
Perhaps Scheherazade still speaks
My story ends right here
it seeks
I learned regret's not losing all the game
But holding victory
yet losing fame
And losing the one who played with you
the same
One Thousand and One Nights still play
You're the next page I'll never display
Fate's like a game
unsolved
unsaid
I've learned to keep my thoughts unsaid
If you're the piece that won't descend
I'll spend my life in this halfend
No regrets
no waking
no return
