Once more it surprises me,
Music surprises me so often.
All my long life I have known of him,
I have heard him so often
And just ignored his work,
Thinking it is not for me.
But I know my life has changed
And I listen to much more music,
Even music I had dismissed.
I heard an excerpt of his music
And I thought “I like that”.
I had the recording in my collection
And put it on.
This time I listened,
Listened not just heard it.
Once more I was taken,
Taken by the sound
Into the glory of this music
As Tannhauser took over,
Took over my life
And led me to Wagner.