Believe what I will lead you to believe A screen of smoke before your glassy eyes Reality is just a waking dream The persecution of a sickly wish Make haste and run towards the ruinous end That no supernal agency can mend Once there was an Elf-maid One whom destiny spurned She was taken away And she never returned Voice that cries in your ears Thoughts that drive you insane Your delirium repeats The obsessive refrain Buried under the mound There, where her life was burned She remained in the woods And she never returned Bitter snows from the North On the way to the past But the past can't be reached Though you are running so fast