There was a country by the sea-Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows

[ti:There was a country by the sea] [ar:Sopor Aeternus] [al:Songs from the inverted womb] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]There was a country by the sea - Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows (永恒沉睡) [00:52.78]There was a country by the sea [00:57.03]But I cannot say for certain [01:00.96] [01:01.92]Whether it was part of a lonely isle [01:06.11]Or merely some coastal region [01:10.09] [01:10.61]A landing stage of rotten blanks [01:14.98]Stretched carefully into the waves [01:18.30] [01:19.58]And for one moment I did wonder [01:23.97]What frightening purpose it might serve [01:27.56] [01:28.64]O heavy roaring endless seas [01:33.10]What secrets does this rage entomb [01:37.69]Have ancient memories or hungry ghosts [01:41.73] [01:42.29]Gathered all their strength to call for this storm [01:46.29] [01:49.69]Deep seated gardens almost a labyrinth [01:53.12] [01:54.07]Walled in by ruins and rocks ivy clad [01:57.26] [01:58.59]Perhaps this strange place had once been a palace [02:01.53] [02:02.56]Where now violent bushes bear dark thorns instead [02:05.61] [02:07.82]A young boy was taking me by the hand [02:09.84] [02:11.30]And unerringly he was leading me down [02:15.37] [02:16.49]Below the gardens which I hardly remembered [02:20.19] [02:21.10]The moment I took the first step underground [02:23.92] [02:24.72]We came to a room with only small windows [02:28.93] [02:29.51]And to my surprise I could somehow still hear [02:33.32] [02:33.85]Though reduced to a murmur now chant like and humming [02:38.36]The once savage voice of the roaring sea [02:42.37] [03:11.01]The boy has built a catacomb he is living in a tomb [03:21.20] [03:22.80]Below the ground where there's no sound [03:27.94] [03:28.73]He is hiding from the world [03:32.92] [04:28.51]Something resembling an altar was built there [04:32.93]A secret overshadowed structure and use [04:37.16]Underneath in inanimate self contemplation [04:41.79]Lay a jet black mass of coal like granules [04:46.25]Yet this dark material had an unearthly lightness [04:51.00]And when I touched it to feel what it was [04:55.27]It did seem to totally ignore my presence [04:59.74]Without leaving a trace it came trickling off [05:04.13]Then out of a sudden from under the barrow [05:08.34] [05:08.92]Something appeared unexpectedly [05:12.42] [05:13.58]It was the bones of the little boy's mother [05:17.28] [05:17.78]Which he had placed with greatest care underneath [05:21.48] [05:48.04]The boy has built a catacomb he is living in a tomb [05:58.16] [06:00.10]Below the ground where there's no sound [06:05.30] [06:06.01]He is hiding from the world [06:09.73] [07:02.53]There must have been something in my look [07:06.30]'Cause the little boy started to speak [07:09.88] [07:11.44]And to my unvoiced question of why he had done this [07:16.10]He answered these words to me [07:18.96] [07:20.87]This is the only way I can be save from her [07:24.66] [07:25.71]Only this can guarantee [07:28.66] [07:29.48]That she will not rise again because when she does [07:33.62] [07:34.51]She is always following me [07:37.12] [07:38.99]There's just no alternative I cannot escape from her [07:43.02] [07:43.96]Because as soon as I try [07:46.25] [07:47.64]She will get up again merely to haunt me [07:51.24] [07:52.00]Oh believe me I have tried numerous times [07:55.77] [07:57.20]But here in these vaults I have finally found [08:00.38] [08:01.31]Something that works like a seal [08:04.70] [08:05.56]These jet black granules do keep me from harm [08:08.91] [08:09.78]And her bones can no longer hurt me [08:12.75] [08:14.51]Piled up in a certain specific form [08:18.14] [08:19.35]All the remains must be covered with it [08:22.29] [08:23.18]Then everything keeps still and for a brief moment [08:27.64] [08:28.50]I can pretend that she does not exist [08:31.86] [08:32.58]Yet all the time I must be on my guards [08:36.88]Because now and then it can happen indeed [08:40.84] [08:41.39]That frequently the earth does tremble and shaken [08:46.10]And some of the stones are starting to slip [08:49.82] [08:52.75]So constantly I have to control the barrow [08:56.35] [08:57.48]The jet black darkness of the coal like mass [09:00.75] [09:01.52]In order to be there to repair the damage [09:05.66] [09:06.29]To pile all back safely and to replace [09:10.09] [09:57.33]The boy has built a catacomb he is living in a tomb [10:07.11] [10:09.19]Below the ground where there's no sound [10:14.50] [10:15.27]He is hiding from the terrible world [10:19.32] [10:22.30]It took me a while to realise that we all have secrets and fears [10:32.22] [10:33.68]Is it then a surprise that we close our minds [10:38.72] [10:39.94]From the pain that is causing these tears [10:44.52] [10:46.32]The boy has built a catacomb he is living in a tomb [10:55.09] [10:57.75]Far below the ground where there's no sound [11:02.29] [11:04.10]He is hiding from the terrible world