The Goat - Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows

There is an old goat at my window-pane,

standing upright in a frock-coat,

somewhat earth-coloured and plain.

He is starring down at me …

and the place where i have chosen to hide …

in the futile attempt to dissolve …

I discovered this cell as a child.

There is a medicine-case, he calls 'being',

which the goat carries under his arm.

He says, if i only allow him to enter —

I shall never come come to any harm.

He is giving quite an importance to his frrightning and urgent concern, he says:

'I have come to be your transformer…

I’m your doctor, half goat and half man.'

He says that this house will soon crumble,

and that I am going to suffer as it falls.

He says: 'Let me in now and I’ll be your savior…

I’m your healer … whith hooves and horns!'