Sorgens Kammer - Del II

The echo of memories quiets the hour
Gagged in the chains of melancholy, I fall away
No longer will I be bolted fast in the anchor of melancholy
But finally have the longing quenched - To depart

Did I drink too much from the cup of life
Did I take the vanity of joy for granted
For my struggle against the pain of emptiness - This intoxication of deathly fear
Is the only thing left - That is mine

In my loneliness, I still know
That I have no one else to thank but myself
That's why I am calm when
The rope tightens around my neck

Silent witnesses cannot give comfort
The common man in the assembly of the grave choir will never comprehend
The land of damnation
That I single-handedly created

This intense pull towards the portals of death
(Have I as) A wandering study in tear-choked mass-noir
Mastered since the dawn of time
But something I never let go of - Was the sorrow