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