As gentle as I go into the night It is not good And whence I return from such a depth Cast off and abandoned from all I foolishly hold dear Everything next to my heart is ripped away Leaving me to be bound in agony For all that is good is tangible Still I cannot touch it And all that has worth is so quickly spent out on fools and folly alike
She is a dream And a fool all at once Bound to the same stars as many souls before her Like rockets set into space her mind wanders And such as the sun shines so is she light But there is more inside her than has been felt in the whole world Compact and thoughtful Overflowing and lacking all at once
He is a nightmare and a dragon Breathing fire and flame to the wick of a candle soul He is bitter and salty, a handful of the bottom of the ocean You could drink and drink and your thirst never be quenched, but you savor the taste in your mouth and you dare not spit it out Just a kiss, to save the world Just a hand, to lift up the sky Just a heart to beat again, if you can find it bound within your chest A mystery is this; if such a thing still remains To long it has been left cold To long, to long
Still the night calls The twinkle of the stars enticing Though who can touch the celestials Gentle she calls and gentle she is Though strength has not abandoned her