Annabel Lee
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Lyrics

It was many and many a year ago
Many years ago

In a kingdom by the sea
In a land by the ocean

That a maiden there lived, whom you may know
There once lived a girl, perhaps you know her

By the name of Annabel Lee
Her name was Annabel Lee

And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Annabel Lee spent her life with only one desire

Than to love and be loved by me.
To love and be loved by the singer

I was a child and she was a child
Both the singer and Annabel Lee were children

In this kingdom by the sea
In the land by the ocean

But we loved with a love that was more than love
The artist and Annabel Lee's love was beyond what others usually experience

I and my Annabel Lee
The artist and Annabel Lee were in love

With a love that winged seraphs in Heaven
Their love was so great that even heavenly beings were envious

Coveted her and me
They both were highly desired

This was the reason that, long ago
This explains why, many years ago

In this kingdom by the sea
In the land by the ocean

The winds blew out of a cloud, chilling
A cold wind blew down from the clouds

My beautiful Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee was the artist's beautiful lover

So that her highborn kinsmen came
Her noble family came

And bore her away from me,
And took her away from the singer

To shut her up in a sepulchre
To place her in a tomb

In this kingdom by the sea
In the land by the ocean

The Angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Even the angels in heaven were not as happy as the artist and Annabel Lee

Went envying her and me
They both were envied

Yes! That was the reason (as all men know
That was the reason, as everyone knows

In this kingdom by the sea)
In the land by the ocean

That the wind came out of a cloud by night
The cold wind blew down from the clouds at night

Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
Killing Annabel Lee from the cold

But our love, it was stronger by far than the love
However, their love was stronger than anyone else's

Of those who were older than we,
Even those older and wiser than them

Of many far wiser than we
Of many who were much wiser

And neither the Angels in Heaven above
Even the angels in heaven above

Nor the demons down under the sea
Nor the demons under the sea

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Could separate the artist's soul from Annabel Lee's soul

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
Of his beautiful lover Annabel Lee

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
The moon always brings dreams of Annabel Lee to the artist

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee
Of his beautiful lover Annabel Lee

And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
Whenever the stars come out, the artist feels Annabel Lee is watching

Of my beautiful Annabel Lee.
Of his beautiful lover Annabel Lee

And so, all the nighttide, I lie down by the side
The singer lies by Annabel Lee's tomb the entire night

Of my darling! My darling, my life and my bride.
A term of endearment to Annabel Lee, whom he still considers his bride and life

In her sepulchre, there by the sea,
In her tomb, near the ocean