If Loneliness Was All - Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows

«Will I ever find the one I"ve waiting for a thousand years?»

but the answer to this question lies within the confines of your (hopes and)

fears.

«Heal me, feel me, reveal and seal me!

Shed a light upon my lonely soul!»

But there is no-one (no other being) on the outside to make you whole …

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«Twelve faces shape the unholy circle, one mask for any opportunity.

This sphere must remain incomplete …- (as) in its centre the thirteenth mask

is me.»

If love was something I could feel, at least some kind of cheerfulness …

— but i feel nothing, drowned in pain, half-frozen in my emptiness

Beyond this veneer of friendless lies my true face, that no-one knows.

This mask"s a lie, obvious and sad, my heart is empty and all is cold.

The same stage:

(on the staircase, some other night)

Imagine, what it would be like, if love was really all !!!

Then I"

d truly be alone without

a resting place or a final home, if love was really all …

«Confide a secret to me, and I"ll keep it to myself! I"m like a temple built of sadness, trustworthy like a grave …»

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