Lorelei

Secubia, it is just their style of writing. Enjoying music isn't always about the lyrics and the meaning, and personally I think it's poetic. At any rate, just for you, here is a stab at a translation. Have I not got anything better to do? No lol Dear fairy, was it true love or a deception A love song sung to lure – damn! not to court me? A mad woman, yet the sweetest maid - Truly, you gently woke me to perfect life Lorelei, A poet of tragedies, I write prayers to death Yet who the hell was I to dare? Lorelei, Can't you see I need you? Can't you see that the loss of love is painful? You skilfully ridiculed me in public For all years a damned and endured ceremony Caused all surprised eyes to see the struggle In the middle of it all I praised you like a young country lad The one and only bundle of sticks that feeds the fire Commanded by my heart's cowering choir Lorelei, A poet of tragedies, I write prayers to death Yet who the hell was I to dare? Lorelei, Can't you see I need you? Can't you see that the loss of love is painful? By chance I write you this iconed fable at all, Does the weight burden you? Then think through your change of plans; You are between heaven and hell, unrivaled phoenix - Pray thee, sweetheart! - woo me rather than (my irritable and prolonged writings?)

There is a remix of this song that I really like. The lyrics are pretty difficult to make sense of however, this type of old-time-English in lyrics feels a bit pretentious...

Nice work on that! I've never actually listened to the lyrics in this before, I just think it's a beautiful song, but that just makes it ever the more powerful.

Lovely song, and, contrary to popular opinion, I think the use of archaic whose meaning is slightly opaque actually adds to the gothic ambience of the music rather than detracts from it. Anyway, the credits at the bottom are amusingly erroneous - I think they've got this page confused with the song 'Lorelei' by the Comeback Kid. Oops.

what does "faggot" mean in the context of this song?