“I wrote this song in the Ardennes, which is a beautiful rural area in Belgium. I don’t really feel like explaining the lyrics on this one. I sang and played guitar at the same time while recording. On most of the other tracks we recorded everything separately but for this one (and ‘A Drop of Blood’...
Don't you leave me out
We were only trying to find out why
Love was passing by
In an echo’s pressing sound
Doesn't matter now
Stop the tears welling in your eyes
You're breaking up the sky
Like a widow’s broken vow
Here goes everything
You're my dearest friend and enemy
You belong with me
Like young love belongs to spring
Now don’t tell me that I’m wrong again
I dream of living a life
Where neither of us fears looking behind
Is your faith restored?
Now that every heaven’s out of reach
Thunder on the beach
Where you once would ask for more
Will it be the same?
When you build your family
With your next enemy
Tell me who'll be next to blame
Or could it be the start
Of something beautiful for you
Where you can see it too
Either way we’d be apart
Either way it would break my heart
I dream of living a life
Where neither of us fears looking behind
Don't just look away
Let me know for once what’s on your mind
Leave some truth behind
If we go our separate ways
Before I step into darker days
My Dearest Friend And Enemy was written by Tamino.
My Dearest Friend And Enemy was produced by Jo Francken & PJ Maertens & Tamino.