There, smoke turns into serpents in the air
Beware, there's no sanctu'ry anywhere
On this very spot, a great city once stood
It oozed with evil but it felt so good
Well I don't know
Where did it go?

At first you see only the most flamboyant obvious things. After close look and many years you see the more subtle things . What at first seems blandness reveals vibrant and colourfull strokes that capture the imagination for a long time. Sometimes the master strokes are not the most obvious ones.