Deep inside the heart lurk
betrayal and the lies
what way could I speak to be
both mild and wise?
I can't make it undone
neither change my name
'fore you get forgiveness
bit head off your shame.
I swear I never want to
cause you harm or hurt
but which way I look now
my eyes will avert
I am you offending
the night is suspending
the sinner is awake
it's the hour of wolf.
I've told you that I love you
and it's also true
but there is someone else
and it's not only you
I could gobble her up, with
drooling jaws her take,
and I would also do so
just for its own sake.
In my loneliness -
and noone else will know
my love is for both
that's the cause of my woe -
with no punishment and
without remorse?
Knowing this at least:
it's the hour of the beast.
May I come to you now
but for just a while
Luther has gone home and
I kiss you and smile
then I'll make my mind up
yet there is some time
I see what I'm doing
it's my life and my crime.
Until this very day
I saw myself as a lamb
and that's what I would be
and that's how it should be
I'm giving it all up
my ultimate downfall
the sunlight of the morning
will chase the wolf away.
Oh I ought not be asinging
Oh I should not be so meerying
Oh my love hast gone to wander
Oh my dear one went for journeying