I greet you from the other side
  Of sorrow and despair
  With a love so vast and shattered
  It will reach you everywhere
  And I sing this for the captain
  Whose ship has not been built
  For the mother in confusion
  Her cradle still unfilled
  
  For the heart with no companion
  For the soul without a king
  For the prima ballerina
  Who cannot dance to anything
  
  Through the days of shame that are coming
  Through the nights of wild distress
  Tho' your promise count for nothing
  You must keep it nonetheless
  
  You must keep it for the captain
  Whose ship has not been built
  For the mother in confusion
  Her cradle still unfilled
  
  For the heart with no companion ...
  
  I greet you from the other side ...