If I had to
I would stop the Earth,
I would turn out the light
To let you sleep.
If I had to - to please you -
I would chase away the bad winds,
In a lifeless desert
I would find the sea...

If I had to,
I would stop the rain,
It would turn back on itself
For the rest of our lives.
If I had to - to please you -
I would listen to you every night
When you talk of love,
I would talk about it too...

So that once more you gaze
Deep into my eyes,
That you see there once more
The greatest of great fires.
And that your hand sticks
To my skin, wherever it chooses.
One day if you disappear
I’ll follow you, if I can...

If I had to,
I would push away the winter
Straight into spring
With its long, clear mornings.
If I had to - to please you -
I would stop time,
So that all your words of yesterday
Would stay with me now.

So that once more I can look
Into your blue eyes,
So that your hands once again
Lose themselves in my hair,
I would do even more,
And if it’s too much or too little,
I would be wrong all the time
If that’s what you want...

I want to give you everything
If only you’ll believe,
My heart wants to bleed for you
If only you’ll see it,
Until I am nothing more
Than the shadow of your nights,
Until I am nothing more
Than a shadow following you.

If I had to...