Tenderness of Wolves

Was all in vain, or did you cry? 
No need to ask; my tears have run dry 
This is the end of my pity 
I wait to die 

You now the living, me now the dead 
You now the living, me now the dead 

To prove that you loved me 
Mere words could not have said 
Biting into skin, into flesh, into me 
Taking all you could 
Oh, I'd still give you blood 
Just to paint your lips 
If you should wish them red 
My desires your kiss completed 
But only now I can see 
The vicious joy when you took delight 
Behind each kiss your poison bite 
And when my all was given 
And you had taken 
O doglike Judas, you did disappear 

Was all in vain, or did you cry? 
No need to ask 

You now the living, me now the dead 
You now the living, me now the dead