Fate then informed him
That it is not only his deafness that shaped his life
But his lack of ability to believe
That prevented Theresa from being his wife
She would then show Beethoven
A moment of his life, of which he was unaware
When, as an old man, he walked down a street
And Theresa saw him there
The princess kept her presence silent
As she stood in the shadow of a tavern's sign
But Fate allowed him to hear Theresa's thoughts
As she watched him for the very last time
That it is not only his deafness that shaped his life
But his lack of ability to believe
That prevented Theresa from being his wife
She would then show Beethoven
A moment of his life, of which he was unaware
When, as an old man, he walked down a street
And Theresa saw him there
The princess kept her presence silent
As she stood in the shadow of a tavern's sign
But Fate allowed him to hear Theresa's thoughts
As she watched him for the very last time