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[Verse 1]
I waited for you! An hour! A day!
A week has drifted by, it's true.
I'm used to waiting — come what may —
I stand in silence, watching for you.

I know you're never coming back,
But still I can't stop believing:
You'll call — I'll open the door — and then
We'll start it all, from the beginning.

[Verse 2]
I don't know how to greet you now,
I don't know how to talk to you.
To say I waited? Or pretend
I'm just a stranger passing through?

To tell you how I waited? How
I froze, breathless, at your door?
How sleepless nights I lay awake,
Believing you'd arrive once more?

[Verse 3]
How lonely it is, being alone —
You wouldn't believe me, I know.
Don't come — I'll make it on my own,
I'm tired of waiting at the door.

I'm strong! Don't explain to me,
Why bother? No! It's your own right!
To speak, or keep your silence —
I won't condemn you — calmly, with pride.

[Verse 4]
Don't want to? Then don't step across
My threshold — soon I'll forget it all.
But if you've come, then prove to me
You have the right to be here — and more!

That pain — it's more than I can bear,
Your secrets are no business of mine.
Just try to thaw my frozen heart
That's armored over with the ice.

[Verse 5]
I've waited long — and if I have,
Then I have earned the right to know
The reason for your long absence,
To know what made you cast me off.

You may stay silent — that's your right,
No need for words — I've forgiven all.
The storm inside me won't subside,
The pain — I've doused it, let it fall.

[Verse 6]
To see you once again, to hold
Those strong and tender hands once more,
To never let you go, to kiss,
Not thinking of the time apart.

And should I tell you? Why? Who knows!
I've lost your name — it slipped away.
The winner, or the one who stayed?
I've lost the words I used to say.

[Verse 7]
I'll say it plainly: I am tired
Of loving, hurting, dreaming, living,
Of waiting for a call, confession —
Something must change — it's worth the trying.

Or maybe cross you out of life,
Begin again on pages white,
And wait again — I sense the omens —
It's hard to change myself inside.

[Verse 8]
Enchanting, wondrous, dazzling wonder —
And who decided I need you?
Like some sweet tempter out of nowhere
You visit me in dreams anew.

I've long been suffering from sleepless nights,
I wish that you would never come.
Inside my soul a melody is forming —
How mournful it has become!

[Verse 9]
Don't grieve — it's fine, all's wonderful,
I've even lost the way you're called.
And suddenly everything is clear:
You're not here — and it's empty all.

I waited, hoping and believing —
But fairy tales have long been done.
The princes — off on stolen horses —
And honestly, it's all the same.

[Verse 10]
Yes, I'll keep living on the same,
Don't you believe it will just pass.
Forget you? Yes — but then forever?
No — everything will be the other way.

Don't come — I'm tired of the waiting!
It's better for you this way, I know.
What wait for in the night? The fire of confession?
We'll never say — not you, not I.

[Outro]
I waited for you! An hour! A day!
A week has drifted by, it's true...