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My tears fall like rain
From the longlasting pain
When I look at your eyes
My heart just dies

Beauty divine
I hope you'll be mine
Open your arms
For all time

All dressed in white
Bringer of light
Spend time with me
All through the night

Beauty divine
Your tears taste like wine
Come to me
For all time

My spine shivers with the touch of your lips...
My pale skin turns red when we kiss...
Piercing your nails deep into my back...
As I slowly kiss your ivory neck...

I started to cry after hours of joyful sin...
My tears turned to roses as they embraced your skin...
I gathered them to a bouquet of the most beautiful flowers...
A bouquet of the most secret and ancient powers...

My amber heart started to glow as I died really slow...

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-l3th4l- On Jul 07, 2001

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2001-07-07 22:09:28

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by wieee

21y ago

what can i say.. just one word; Beautiful. Really.

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by Varulf

21y ago

that's two words.

I think this song is about forbidden love. Tears are mentioned quite a lot of times in the song, so it's certainly not a happy song.

It could be about a guy having an affair and then feeling very guilty about it.

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by RagingLunatix

20y ago

Seems as he's hopelessly in love with someone yet neither of them can have happiness.

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by xJotunx

20y ago

all i can say is i pretty much agree forbidden love... unhappyness.

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by dark0

19y ago

I think this is about lust and the emotional pain/unhappyness linked to it. I don't know if this is the real meaning of this line, but "Bringer of light" is the translation of Lucifer in Latin - meaning this lady is a bitch but being "All dressed in white", she looks amazing which makes the narrator want her (LUST). "I started to cry after hours of joyful sin" - the crying shows emotional pain, JOYFUL sin = sex which he obviously enjoyed.

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