Without love, the soul will sleep The sleep of sleeps, I feel it coming I'm becoming stone against her song The black rose is weaving black notes I took it into my hands She caught me into her net This princess never wakes Marble-enchanted, Longing for a cold breeze, another storm Marble-enchanted, Longing for someone to find this castle's door Marble-enchanted, Hoping that someone will come and bring me back Marble-enchanted, The statue must still be warm The moment I saw you in my dreams I had to find you, my silent rose I knew the song that you would sing The curse of the sweet oblivion I needed the sleep it brings I thought it was bliss, it is I'm the woe of the living marble I'm the painting's contents and its frame
I'm black like the rose's blood And her breath Marble-enchanted, I feel the rain, I know time's pa**ing, I'm unchanged Marble-enchanted, Life flows by, the rosebush grows, the bindweed climbs The seasons change, But the princess is still lying dead-asleep Marble-enchanted, Her heart wouldn't know now how to beat A black rose in her hands The princess is still asleep Since so long that her heart Wouldn't know how to beat That craving, silently put out Will never be rekindled No world now, just the dreams Dancing among dreams, spinning among tears I think I am no longer here Dancing among dreams, spinning among tears I think I am no longer here...