Miniature - Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows

Let me tell you a secret, one from

accross the divide;

when I saw you

with her that day, I…

…I don’t know how I felt,

to be honest.

Confused, maybe,

at first and sad, because of the usual,

but just for a moment…-

and then it all changed.

Because there was also another

sensation, one I had never

encountered before:

a genuine pleasance,

a warmth overcame me, and I was

surprised that the only cause for this

was the fact that YOU were happy,

and to witness this fortune

that wasn’t my own, was enought yet

for me to abandon my sadness

and delight in the joy…

…that you clearly had found.

But then, as it is with a mind that is

tidal, at the end of the day the sadness

returned, along with the cruelty of my

condition: forever denied… what now

became hers.

To put it more bluntly: I pitied myself.

I sat there and cried and sobbed like

a fool that nature had built me in such

a foul way…- that I will never be

what she is to you.

Yet, as I compared my grey solitude

to the golden halo of your blissful joy,

that warmth from before once more

overcame me and stayed in my heart

till this very day.

So, let me tell you a secret now:

it’s almost like I am no longer myself,

I am bathed in a wonderful feeling…-

for I now that you’re happy and well.