In a moonlit moment stolen from a field of lonely ones
Came a vision, like and angel, came and then was gone again
Shaken, I ran blindly on the way I had been going
All I had left of that moment was the name of Marianne

Hungry months of ragged journey finally brought me home again
To find the doors all chained and bolted, all I'd loved abandoned
I felt the life run out of me as if my veins were open
A tiny light shone in that darkness 'twas the love of Marianne

The love, the love of Marianne
The love, the love of Marianne
Did I deserve, the love of Marianne?

Crawling up out of the ruins of all I had lived for
Come to face my folly, taste my poison, know the wrong I'd done
Every lie I'd told myself was coming back to shame me
When through my lips there passed a word of truth and it was Marianne
Phantoms dancing, shadows, ghosts, illusions dead and dying
Knowing now I am alone and so alone must start again
Down a road of my own making to share this gift I'm given
Now I labor to be worthy of the love of Marianne

The love, the love of Marianne
The love, the love of Marianne
Did I deserve the love of Marianne?