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I am living in an ilusion
    An ilusion of heightened grandeur
       That a god from heaven
          Came down to love me

He was this immortal
    Who sought earth to find a mortal
       But who am i fooling?
          I woke up from that dream

I realized he was not there
    He could not love a peasant girl
        He could not possibly desire my flesh
           What could he want from a slave?

I looked and wondered
    Longing to taste the ambrosia on my lips  
       To give me immortal life and wings to take flight
            So to find him in heaven where he dwells

He cannot see me, he must not see me
    What if he sees me and finds me pleasing?
       Or if he sees me and finds me hideous?
            I would rather he love me as a mortal
                than be merely adored as a goddess

I was the demon and he was the angel
    I was death and he was life
        I was earth and he was heaven
            When will heaven ever meet earth?

How I prayed that distance should not separate us
    I wished that death should not corrupt me
        For this mortal flesh will soon die but I am his lover
            Whose love for her beloved, not even death could destroy

Pitied myself for loving a god
    Who could never love me in return
        I would rather die a mortal by his side
             Than live a thousand years suffering without him  
       
Oh, the memory of that foolish love still haunts me
    He became the only river of life
        He made laughter out of my tears
            But he was lost to me as swiftly as he came

He gave me life but he also brought death       
    Had I known, I would have denied it
       But not now, I am still dreaming
            I can dream, can't I?

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