Beneath, Beyond

Sleep well, sleep well, all is not said:

My love sings every day

And all that breathes in mournful song

May well live on for aye

(The Embrace)

There's cruelty and violence and lies like before

It's a cankerous society that wreathes outside of my door

I'm in reclusion here, I'm all on my own

Far, far away from that raging warzone

The years took my pleasure, they hid my sunshine away

Threatening each hour with the searing curse of dark decay

So swiftly estranged from all I had known

So quickly forgotten, deserted, alone

Beneath, beyond, in my chamber on my own

Beneath, beyond, I am lonely and alone

And it's only by moonlight that I open my door

I'd fain see my loved ones as I used to do before

But whence came that horror? - There's no love in their eyes

What fear grasps them when I try to kiss them good-bye?

Beneath, beyond, in my chamber on my own

Beneath, beyond, I am lonely and alone

Beneath, beyond, am I meant to leave this all behind?

I cannot wander, my tears have left me blind

This is my cathedral, my castle and my citadel

This is my seclusion, my shelter and my shell

This is my safe château, my chamber and my cell

This is my high heaven, my house, my hearse, my hell