A song can last long after the events and people in it are dust and dreams and gone.

“The young man shivered. He rolled the stock themes of fantasy over in his mind:…”

“Oh - that family, yes. There are still some photos of them around here. They lo…”

“Nice' in a bodyguard is about as useful as the ability to regurgitate whole lob…”

“It stared at them, and it paused for a hundred years, which transpired in a doz…”