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I was the executioner
\nof our love,\u00a0you the lamb
\n<\/span>brought forth to slaughter.
\n<\/span>I was death, you the life
\n<\/span>I undertook to seize
\n<\/span>and snatch away,\u00a0cast
\n<\/span>into perpetual seclusion.
\n<\/span>Now that love,\u00a0once
\n<\/span>so radiant,\u00a0cowers
\n<\/span>confined\u00a0in darkness,
\n<\/span>perishing alone, deprived
\n<\/span>and faced with extinction.<\/span><\/p>\n

After Der Henker\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Der Henker unsrer Liebe war ich<\/em><\/span>
\nund Du das Schaf,<\/em><\/span>
\ndas ich zur Schlachtbank f\u00fchrte.<\/em><\/span>
\nIch war der Tod und Du das Leben,<\/em><\/span>
\ndas ich an mich nahm,<\/em><\/span>
\nDir schroff entriss<\/em><\/span>
\nund in die ewige Verdammnis warf.<\/em><\/span>
\nVerschlossen in der Dunkelheit<\/em><\/span>
\nkauert nun die Liebe,<\/em><\/span>
\ndie einst so hell erstrahlte<\/em><\/span>
\nund vergeht in Einsamkeit und Not,<\/em><\/span>
\ndem Tod entgegen.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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I was the executioner of our love,\u00a0you the lamb brought forth to slaughter. I was death, you the life I undertook to seize and snatch away,\u00a0cast into perpetual seclusion. Now that love,\u00a0once so radiant,\u00a0cowers confined\u00a0in darkness, perishing alone, deprived and faced with extinction. After Der Henker\u00a0 Der Henker unsrer Liebe war ich und Du das … <\/p>\n

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