[00:00.00] 作词 : Mikael Åkerfeldt[00:01.00] 作曲 : Mikael Åkerfeldt[00:15.06](edited by ANTICHRIS)[00:20.68][00:38.26](the second acoustic song in "still life".....)[00:47.59][00:49.56]By the turnstile beckons a damsel fair[00:55.70]The face of Melinda neath blackened hair[01:01.70]No joy would flicker in her eyes[01:07.72]Brooding sadness came to a rise[01:16.95][01:42.45]Words would falter to atone[01:48.59]Failure had passed the stepping stone[01:54.34]She had sworn her vows to another[02:00.62]This is when no one will bother[02:06.87][02:07.36]And conceded pain in crumbling mirth[02:12.50]A harlot of God upon the earth[02:18.86]Found where she sacrificed her ways[02:24.62]That hollow love in her face[02:34.92][02:57.46]Still I plotted to have her back[03:04.73]The contentment that would fill the crack[03:10.26]My soul released a fluttering sigh[03:16.76]This day fell, the darkness nigh[03:26.46][05:05.67]I took her by the hands to say[05:11.34]All faith forever has been led astray[05:18.22]I returned for you in great dismay[05:24.73]Come with me far away to stay[05:35.53][05:44.90]Endlessly gazing in nocturnal prime[05:51.04]She spoke of her vices and broke the rhyme[05:58.07]But baffled herself with the final line[06:03.96]My promise is made but my heart is thine[06:15.59]