hide and seek

'i seek you not,
so you cannot see me!' i scream defiantly

and i laugh and laugh and laugh
and weep and weep

in loneliness i keep
persistence on my side

hiding in the open with my back turned,
hands over my eyes

i know you are near me
'you can't see me, i can't see you!'
i feel you behind me too

what do i do? where can i hide?
if i find you, what is next?

i wander blindly, hands over my eyes
in loneliness, persistence on my side

all is lost

today's a day, tomorrow a year
many windows are breaking

sing a song of joy in my ear
all for true love's saking

the princess waits for clock strike twelve
but thirteenclock has come

the waves upon the sea have spelled
a death will soon become

who are the peasants watching us
do they have ears to hear

the end is coming, all is lost
my love no more sincere