Oh, how this world in its ways
is so full of noise and confusion
like the raving of a mad man
a cacophony of voices
ever fills the air
and I am swept far away
as by an all consuming flood.
Oh, I can find no peace
as though the eyes of a dead man
I see.
Oh, but when I hear your voice so sweet
like the voice of a thousand angels
as they sing
my soul enraptured flies away
to some paradise
where death and time
do not live
and upon the wings of angels
I leave behind a world
all dark and uncaring.
Oh, I know one day
I shall hold your body
in my loving arms
and we shall live
in a time and place
that shall never pass away.
Oh, eternity shall be our dream
in a paradise beyond the stars
where you and I shall ever live
and forget the world
so dark and cruel.