Lost in abyss of speech, earnestness in my face You should die by my hand A world unknown by men, a world beyond all suffering Born of divine humour I can't help it, either, that adam ate an apple But I've to pay all the same Life was always frightful, we all cannot help it I'm responsible all the same Condemned to live Cause we are guilty The everlasting war, between human and divine Eternity and time Better learn to listen, have no other desire Than to pay and to pay and to pay Understand it all, I will learn to love
The world of pleasure and dancing Intoxicated warmth, the sinner's bound for hell But I'm glad to take a kiss with me Condemned to live Cause we are guilty You know where this other world lies, the world of your own soul Leave the farce of reality behind you Man's heart's contracted, by the kinds of fears From his former, former life An agony to witness, the fantastic extent To which I learned to belie myself Far deeper and stronger, more awful than all I burned in the flame of love The flame of love