Origin of a Crystal Soul
As dawn is weaving between fallen autumn leavesThe poor ones gather under naked treesAsking how to survive, 'cause the winter breaksAnd medieval coldness now from a deep sleep awakes
Libera me, domine, de morte aeterna in die illa tremenda[Free me, oh Lord, from eternal death on that terrible day]
It's December, 14th 1503, as the ones above stop their mourningAs the one arrived - selected to foresee - something changed without a warning!(Libera me, domine, de morte aeterna in die illa tremenda)[Free me, oh Lord, from eternal death on that terrible day]
Es war geboren in des Christengottes Zeit[It was born in the time of Christian God]Ein Bub - so die Legende - mit des Schöpfer's Fähigkeit[A boy - so says the legend - with the Creator's power]Zu sehen, was sein wird, im Verborgenen, unerkannt[To see what will be, in obscurity, unknown]Denn der mit dem Leumund des Ketzers würd' öffentlich verbrannt[Then he that's known as a heretic would publicly be burnt]
Die Hand, die - greifend nach dem Schönen - blutet von der Rose Dorn[The hand, that - reaching for the fair - is bleeding from the rose's thorn]Der Trieb der Menschen Habgier, bestraft durch Gottes Zorn[The human instinct of greed, punished by the God's wrath]Er, der Spiegel eurer Seele, spürt die Trauer, Kummer, Gram[He, the mirror of your souls, senses the mourning, grief, sorrow]Er, der Träger dieses Namens: Michael de Notre Dame[He who bears this name: Michael de Notre Dame]