Beyond the Veil

"Grands bois, vous m'effrayez comme des cathédrales;
Vous hurlez comme l'orgue;
et dans nos coeurs maudits,
Chambres d'éternel deuil où vibrent
de vieux râles,
Répondent les échos de vos De profundis."

The mighty clouds seem to float on water
hiding the moon and the starry sky
The stormy wind lashs the raging sea
Strange voices whisper and die away

"Ocean, I hate you! For I recognize
the sobs and insults of my own despair,
the bitter laughter of a beaten man
repeated in the sea's huge gaiety"

They echo through the night
to captivate the senses deep inside of me
these voices so ethereally
let the world fall into oblivion

The waves rear up
and seem to touch the sky
My words were lost
in the sound of the howling gale
A lonely angel looks
me straight in the eye
and touches my soul, affects my mind

But we both know
that there's nothing to believe in
Our prayers were los in time and space
Nothingness devours us veils our visions
We're trying to hide to find a better place

"Night! You'd please me even more
without these stars
which speak a language I know all too well
I long for darkness, silence,
nothing there..."

The eye of the guard is closed forever
The sparkling light - now cold and dead
Nobody is able to resurrect it
Silence fills the night...

The dust and the ashes of former times
cover our souls and hold on to us
Stony wings - is it the way into your dream and to all the other stars?

" Mais les ténèbres
sont elles-mêmes des toiles
Où vivent,
jaillissant de mon oeil par milliers,
Des êtres disparus aux regards familiers."

(lyrics by Marie and Charles Baudelaire)