Within a Sleeping Forest (The Plains of Orpheus) Songtext
von My Dying Bride

Once taken by the river
Orpheus died in my arms
His heart, ancient as this fallen world
Fades away in the truth of all his heart

He is dull dead
He was drowned there
In my hands his fate
He coldly died
Voyage well across the sky, my friend

My pain floats down your river to a waterfall
And in this light, hearing cries, I look up at you
Your beauty and form appear as great wonders

Awful and yet you were born to my hopeless eyes
His face, still now, it rests in cold hands and colder heart
I shivered, comfortless in this lonely land


In a sullen wood, some years ago
He played a song I didn′t know
The trees knew me and knew him more
Whispered our names into their lore

Sing a song of joy with effortless breath
I wrote the words to his death
So on that day, near the glen
My ink drew up his secret end

A kiss, your gift to give away so freely
A gentle suffering thing you were
So steep they fell, my tears to your lips

And that night will be forever
And at night we live forever
And I drew her near to me
And away from him

Sin is the root of all sorrow
So look upon, my well is dry
Don't run, my lady
Now please be mine
Come on, my lover, you didn′t even try