Radiant - The Quiet Table

Daniel Niemann - Gesang
Stefan Timm - Gitarre
Wolfgang Sander - Gitarre
Robert Schäfer Bass
Matthias Klumpe - Schlagzeug

Music: Stefan Timm, Wolfgang Sander
Lyrics: Daniel Niemann

I am standing by the bed, I’m bending low to reach for you
It is much too late, I know, and there is nothing I could do
As if I’m staring out to sea, oily waves I behold
Although I’m sure I told you, my love must remain untold

I’ve been standing here beside you for hours or even more
And I remember things you said to me, look for a legacy
Ideals die, all must dissolve, all must disappear
Ev’rything will dissipate, all that once was dear

Nobody knows what she feels
As she lays her place at the quiet table
She feels more than just forlorn
Desperately alone

I was told in fairytales that heroes never die
But his steed is now a wheeled chair
His rusted sword a crutch he’d wear

Nobody knows what she feels
As she lays her place at the quiet table
She is more than just forlorn
Alone

The last words you said before you left
And the last words that I never said to you
No sound of your breath, forever frozen
The creaking of the closing door
You looked just as if you were sleeping peacefully
Your face I will remember always
The tears burning hotly while I sit and write all this
“See you on Friday”, you said.