I dream of things that cannot be

 

When brooding night in forbidding silence falls

It’s then, my lonely heart in quiet desperation calls

To one whose love is lost to me…

 

I dream of things that cannot be

 

A chilling vision of the maiden, sacred bright,

Brings embittered anguish to my teary night

As if my soul were torn from me…

 

I dream of things that cannot be

 

I wonder at the starry cast of unrelenting fate

To seasons past I drift, before it was too late

To win the love that’s lost to me…

 

I dream of things that cannot be

 

My silent cries to the heartless midnight still entreat

Give me release from this, my unbearable defeat

Let not the infant dawn arise on me…

 

I dream of things that cannot be