Well you know that I love to live with you,
but you make me forget so very much.
I forget to pray for the angels
and then the angels forget to pray for us.

Now so long, Marianne, it´s time that we began...

We met when we were almost young
deep in the green lilac park.
You held on to me like I was a crucifix,
as we went kneeling through the dark.

Oh so long, Marianne, it´s time that we began...

Your letters they all say that you´re beside me now.
Then why do I feel alone?
I´m standing on a ledge and your fine spider web
is fastening my ankle to a stone.

Now so long, Marianne, it´s time that we began...

For now I need your hidden love.
I´m cold as a new razor blade.
You left when I told you I was curious,
I never said that I was brave.

Oh so long, Marianne, it´s time that we began...

Oh, you are really such a pretty one.
I see you´ve gone and changed your name again.
And just when I climbed this whole mountainside,
to wash my eyelids in the rain!

Oh so long, Marianne, it´s time that we began...

I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
in city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
but now it´s come to distances and both of us must try,
your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that´s no way to say goodbye.
I´m not looking for another as I wander in my time,
walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme
you know my love goes with you as your love stays with me,
it´s just the way it changes, like the shoreline and the sea,
but let´s not talk of love or chains and things we can´t untie,
your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that´s no way to say goodbye.