Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows (лат.Вечный сон англ. и Ансамбль теней) музыкальный проект Анны-Варни Кантодеа (Anna-Varney Cantodea). В разное время в музыке сочетались элементы дарквейва, этнических или средневековых мотивов, неоклассики и электроники. Кроме Анны-Варни, на записях участвуют сессионные музыканты. Анна использует несколько вокальных манер, или «ролей», например, используя наравне с естественным и «феминный» вокал. Для визуального отображения своей музыки Анна использует элементы танца Буто.
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On Satur(n) Days We Used to Sleep

On Satur(n)days we used to sleep
all motionless and still...-
While shrouded in an oppressive gloom
we're handed over to the dream.
sleep so dark, this "Moon by Day",
of powers strange and weird,
through mystic veils her silver rays
are glowing carefully.
Woven of dewdrops and magical light,
this gown that we're wearing here
is but a cloth of mist and we used to call it
"The Breath of the Other Sphere"...

We are floating, flying, incredibly fast,
the world of the thought gives birth to this life.
Free to remember, to discover and feel
as we're closely together in our parallel flight.
While beyond the gates our bodies lie
next to each other in fragile rest,
two chests are lifted up and down,
moved only by some mortal breath.
Yes, our bodies are sleeping so closely together,
but it's only in our minds that we touch (at last).
In the realm of the spirit(s) our souls [bad word] one
in the happy knowledge that we [bad word] halfs.

No bodies and no barriers...-
(all) far more intimate and strange.
Our understanding is clearer, [bad word] real,
although there is no sound that dares to escape...
His eyes are mirrors, gates to his soul,
one [bad word] look and I recognize
that it's him, my husband, the one that I love.
See me! Read me! Step inside!!!
No barriers and no masquerade, [bad word]  be received beyond distress!
So intensively and so deep
as our fingers unite, our hands carres.

Two wanderers are lovingly dwelling this land,
(as) we fly side by side over mountains and glens.
In the twilight lit of the silver moon...-
set free from the flesh, released from this tomb!

On Satur(n)days we used to sleep,
the other side exploring, alive in our dreams...
Free from the pain, home where we belong
and guarded by the shadows of the enchanted realm.
Below a violet sky, both dark and profound,
the horizon is glitt'ring, still there is no sound.
We fly through the night crossing frontiers and lakes,
mountains and valleys...-world without end.
"This is where we [bad word] belong,
take both my hands, look into my soul !"
I feel the strength of his embrace
as we're closely together in this secret place...

"Hush, hush, my Dear, can you hear
 [bad word] in the undergrowth?
See through the branches, there in the glade",
ghostly creatures as they dance and sing.
Their transparent bodies, half man and half beast,
their voices so sweet like a soft breath of wind.
On Satur(n)days we used to sleep,
and my pain was eased by his love...