Alphaville - She fades away

She’s like a frost fern¹ in my head,
The lamplight burns my eyes
And then she fades away.
My pencil’s frozen in my hand,
And the letter I can’t write…
It seems to be a desert without end.
I woke up late at night,
She called me up,
Then disappeared,
And the echo of her voice
Filled the empty places in my dreams
With the silent tide.

She fades away
Again,
She fades away,
She fades away again…
Don’t go now,
Please, stay!

My senses are cruising through a void
As pale reflections play,
On the deserted roads
I hear the humming of machines,
A distant sound like thunder
Crawling through the cold.
There’s no escape,
I know,
I run around in circles without end,
And the more the memory grows
Dissolving from reality
With the silent tide.

She fades away
Again,
She fades away,
She fades away again…
Don’t go now,
Please, stay!
Don’t make me cry!

This time I’ve got to learn,
I know, she won’t return…