I rip from my shoulders the last of the tale, silk turned to dust, Crystal slippers lie shattered — just fragments and rust. I raced up the staircase to nowhere, burning my grace, Leaving only my shadow in that cold, empty place. In my head rings a breaking, like a string pulled too tight, You chose someone else, and the silence became my night. The fairy wove lace for me gently, all in vain, I never knew princes in stories could cause such pain. I waited for you to come seeking through mirrors of glass, Through fog, through the ages, through oceans silent and vast. But our love sank and drowned on an empty highway instead, Melting away like a bitter deception at dawn’s first thread. My answer is cruel: in this world there’s no room for “us two,” Only shadows of mine in the labyrinths of winter’s cruel blue. Bring me the carriage, oh pain — I beg, take me away! Carry me far to a land where the dawn fades to gray. Where forgetting comes easy, where even May disappears, Where happiness and tears are both banned through the years. I gaze at myself in the mirrors, shards beyond count, There I stand forever alone — no memory, no hope to mount. Barefoot on broken glass — this is my path to nowhere, Where midnight has frozen and water turns ice in the air. I waited for you to come seeking through mirrors of glass, Through fog, through the ages, through oceans silent and vast. But our love sank and drowned on an empty highway instead, Melting away like a bitter deception at dawn’s first thread. My answer is cruel: in this world there’s no room for “us two,” Only shadows of mine in the labyrinths of winter’s cruel blue. I wasn’t awaiting princes, just escape from the void, Between you and me — only cold and the bridges destroyed. The dawn of oblivion... Eternal silence... Forever...