The days gone by, remembered well  The sound gone by without your kiss  The sound gone by without you...  The nights so long in golden rooms  my heart so strong in strangest mood  my heart so strong in strangest...  The voice from heaven far above  My eyes look up and touch you...    I shall sleep only in my black mantle  When I attain the evening of these days.  I shall sleep only beneath the blackvault  When I attain the evening of these days.    I shall sleep only in my black mantle...    The days gone by, remembered well  The sound gone by without your kiss  The sound gone by without you...    I shall sleep only in my black mantle  When I attain the evening of these days.  Why then evoke the shade?  Why then try to explain?  Why then evoke the shade?  Why then try to explain?