Lorelei whispers, as the river bends Love Letters, they never had the chance to send A German requiem All is overgrown, as there's no one here to tend Only broken gla** and marks you cannot spend A German requiem A prince in his castle, a thief in his den With thirty pieces of silver, and the murder of a friend A German requiem Barbed tongues and barbed wire Dark angels descend The dead with swords, the dead with pens A German requiem