Sleeping Beauty

I prick my finger just to see

Three drops of blood that tell me I’m not sleeping

Though I seem to be under a glass coffin

You’ll find me cold though I’m still breathing

Touch my skin – I have no feeling

Bridge:

Still, you smile and stay with me

Still, you smile and say to me

Chorus:

I’ll wait for you, Sleeping Beauty

You’ll awake and spring will come

We’ll cast off our heavy armour

Welcoming the new-born sun

Welcoming the new-born sun

A hundred of your warmest kisses

Cannot thaw a barren bed

I’ll cast them on a spinning wheel

And make them into golden thread

So they can warm my winter skin

When I have broken this weary spell

Bridge:

When I awake to find you waiting

Telling me that all is well

Chorus:

You’ve waited for your Sleeping Beauty –

I’ll awake and spring will come

We’ll cast off our heavy armour

Welcoming the new-born sun

Welcoming the new-born sun

Until that day, you’ll find me sleeping

Will you stay and wait for spring?

For behind my eyelids dawn is creeping

Winter’s jaws are slackening

And since you’ve spent a hundred years

Undaunted by this bramble briar

I will take you in my arms

And crown you with my heart’s desire