About

Lyrics : Simone Simons
Music : Mark Jansen, Coen Janssen, Simone Simons, Ad Sluijter

Versions

Album Version (04:59) – The Phantom Agony album
Sahara Dust Demo Version (05:07) – Cry for the Moon demo
Orchestral Version (05:02) – The Phantom Agony 10th anniversary expanded edition
Live at 2 Meter Sessies 2004 (05:05) – We Will Take You With Us album
Live in Miskolc 2008 (05:45) – The Classical Conspiracy album

Lyrics

So sweet caress, never long to last
You entered my soul and gave hope to my life
So sweet caress, never hope to last
You left me behind all alone and aghast
Captured inside such an austere Elysium

Imperfect feelings, futile grief
Love a device against all solitude
As it all went on, the love became
A field in a dream that once had been real

So sweet caress, never long to last
Destroy this illusion, we need a change of fate
Your frantic thoughts are only a condemned cry

Imperfect feelings, futile grief
Love a device against all solitude
As it all went on, the love became
A field in a dream that once had been real

Primo somniare videbamur deinde veritas se praecipitavit

I secretly longed for something which had never existed

First I thought it was a dream but then it smashed into reality
Beautiful on the outside, decayed deeply within

I secretly longed for something which had never existed

Devoted to a body without a soul

Numquam non tibi diffidam

Lyrics (Sahara Dust Demo)

So sweet caress, never long to last
You showed me love and gave a meaning to my life
So sweet caress, never hope to last
You left me behind all alone and aghast
Captured in an austere Elysium

Imperfect feelings, futile grief
Love a device against solitude
As it all went on, the love became
A field in a dream that once was real

So sweet caress, never long to last
Destroy this illusion, we need a change of fate
Your frantic thoughts are only a condemned cry

Imperfect feelings, futile grief
Love a device against solitude
As it all went on, the love became
A field in a dream that once was real

(???)

I secretly longed for something which had never existed

First I thought it was a dream but then it smashed into reality
Beautiful on the outside, but dead deeply within

I secretly longed for something which had never existed

Devoted to a body without a soul

(???)

Translation

(translation : source)

Trivia

“[This song is about] how love between two persons can die slowly and turn out into hate.” – Mark Jansen