Lyrics Emilie Autumn – Goodnight, Sweet Ladies
Text:
Emily:
Goodnight, sweet ladies…
Goodnight, sweet friends…
You lie but sleeping
Goodnight, sweet friends…
You lie but sleeping
Someday we will meet again
Emily, Inmates:
With rosemary green and bright
You’re not forgotten, eternal night
Can’t fade your memory, dim your light
You’ve made a difference, you’ve won your fight
We lift our branches and though we weep
No death could conquer, you only sleep
Goodnight, sweet ladies…
Goodnight, sweet friends…
You lie but sleeping
Someday we will meet again
Goodnight, sweet ladies…
Goodnight, sweet friends…
You lie but sleeping
Someday we will meet again, sweet ladies…
Goodnight, sweet friends…
You lie but sleeping
Someday we will meet again
With rosemary green and bright
You’re not forgotten, eternal night
Can’t fade your memory, dim your light
You’ve made a difference, you’ve won your fight
We lift our branches and though we weep
No death could conquer, you only sleep
Goodnight, sweet ladies…
Goodnight, sweet friends…
You lie but sleeping
Someday we will meet again
Let no voice falter, let die no flame
Let all remember your every name
Let faces turn to the starry sky
Let songs be sung ’til our throats are dry
Let no voice falter, let die no flame
Let all remember your every name
Let faces turn to the starry sky
Let songs be sung ’til our throats are dry
Dry… dry… dry… dry…
Simultaneously
Four o’clock, four o’clock…
Never let me sleep…
Four o’clock, four o’clock…
Never let me sleep…
Simultaneously
The art of suicide…
Nightgowns and hair…
Curls flying every which way…
Simultaneously
I close my eyes and pray for the garish light of day…
Like a frightened child I run from the sleep that never comes…
Simultaneously
If I burn you will see the fire in your mind when you sleep…
Simultaneously
The pain too pure to hide…
Bridges of sighs…
Meant to conceal lover’s lies…
Simultaneously
I close my eyes and pray for the garish light of day…
Like a frightened child I run from the sleep that never comes…
Simultaneously
Under the arches of moonlight and sky…
Under the arches of moonlight and sky…