The Judas Tree

Watching the world from a distance
One day she became a scarecrow
An old queen conquered by time
An old queen without a soul.

Motionless in the vortex of time
In his lonely happiness he drowns
A King without a Kingdom
A King without a soul.

"Η ψυχή του βούλιαζε αργά, ακούγοντας το χιόνι
να πέφτει απαλά όλο το σύμπαν. Απαλά να
πέφτει, σαν ερχομός του έοχατον τέλους για όλους
τους ζωντανούς κατ τους νεκρούς. Σε μισώ, κι ας
γύρισα πάλι απόψε στα λημέρια σου. Γλίστρησες
μαζί του στο αίμα μου, άβουλος... Τ' άφησες όλα
πίσω κι ήρθες εδώ με τ' απολειφάδια του εαυτού σου."
(The Dubliners - James Joyce)

Insignificant interlude. In the space of eternity
This is our life. Unpleasant journey
In long sullen silence.

"He doubted the reality dictated by his memory.
Stopped under a tree and let the rhythm snuff out.
He couldn't feel her beside him in the dark, neither
his ear touched by her voice. Eavesdropped.
He couldn't listen anything. Night was completely
silent. He eavesdropped again. Utter silence.
He felt alone..."
(The Dubliners - James Joyce)

Insignificant interlude
In the space of eternity
This is our life The Land of the Dead
My soul approached
A grey indefinable world.

"Those who are alive they know
they're going to die, so life is sweet.
Those who have already died
they don't know they have lived.
so death is cold."
(Asimakis Panselinos - When We Were Living)

Strange I felt
And by grief embraced
In a shadow, I transformed
Insignificant interlude
In the space of eternity
This is our life
Strange I felt
And by grief embraced
In a shadow I transformed
The Land of the Dead
My soul approached
A grey indefinable world
A train to carry my soul to the end
The Doom still rules this place
A grey indefinable world
Eternal is only the face of Death.