I see you selling flowers In the Springtime of decay I see you painting idols While the Muses turn to grey And on your bleak horizons Above the bright domain The buried soul of Europe Alive beyond the breathing grave
I'll meet you here in Bavaria In fear you'll burn forever I'll meet you here in Bavaria In dreams we'll live forever This is how we see the world, Shining, burning
See how the truth divides us In the mercury of pain See how the truth reminds us Of the blindness that we face To suffer for the love of life Sweetness in your cruel embrace Intimations of mortality The crownless Court of Grace
On the steeples high Where the swans still glide, Imperium, Imperium On the steeples high Where the nights still shine, Imperium, Imperium