A Distance There Is

Come in out of the rain thou sayest

But thou ne'er step'st aside

And I am trapp'd, I'm trapp'd

A distance there is

None, save me and the bodkin

Pitter-patter on the roof

Behold, 'tis not the rain

Thence me it has to be

I will not drink thy vintage wine, my dear

Thou hast heed'd that I am of innocence

Yet thou let'st thy lass into peril

Thou let'st me be parched

My heart, my heart, my heart

My heart, my heart, my heart

My heart is of frailty

My pale skin is hued damask

When thou thy tears hast hidden, "come back", thou sayest

There I soon am to be

But how am I to run when my bones, my heart

Thou hast me bereaft

But run thou sayest

I run, I run, I run

I run, I run, I run

I run, I run, I run

I run, I run, I run

I run, I run, I run

And there and then, I behold that a time will come

When I again dead will be, thou tell'st me to leave without delay

I leave, I leave, I leave, I leave

I leave with my bodkin and my tears in my hands

Lo, the shadows, the sky, descending

So by a dint of smite I gait ere I run and melt together with dusk

In my mind in which is this event

But it seems as if naught is to change anyway

After all these years thou left'st me down in the emotional depths

The sombre soaked velvet-drape is hung upon me

Turning my feelings away from our so ignorant world

All the beatiful moments shared, deliberatlely push'd aside

After all these years thou left'st me down in the emotional depths

The sombre soaked velvet-drape is hung upon me

Turning my feelings away from our so ignorant world

All the beatiful moments shared, deliberatlely push'd aside

A distance there is

A distance there is