%some settings% vim: ai sw=2 lbr nu et

% Abkürzungen

  commonI = \lyricmode {
    The eve -- ning hangs be -- neath the moon,
    A sil -- ver thread on dark -- ened dune.
    With clos -- ing eyes and rest -- ing head I know that sleep is com -- ing soon.
    Up -- on my pil -- low safe in bed,
    A thou -- sand pic -- tures fill my head,
    I can -- not sleep, my mind’s a -- flight;
    And yet my limbs seem made of lead.
    If there are nois -- es in the night,
  }

  oberI = \lyricmode {
    A fright -- ening shad -- ow, flick -- ering light;
  }
  surrender = \lyricmode {
    I sur -- ren -- der un -- to sleep,
  }
  commonII = \lyricmode {
    clouds of dream
    give sec -- ond sight.
    What dreams may come,
  }
  dad = \lyricmode {
    dark and deep,
  }
  frauenI = \lyricmode {
    Of fly -- ing wings and soar -- ing leap
    As \surrender
    As \surrender
    As \surrender
  }

% Die Textaufteilungen

  sopranText = \lyricmode {
    %<+hier den Text für den Sopran eintragen+>
    \commonI
    \oberI
    Where \commonII
    both \dad
    \frauenI
    \repeat unfold 6 {
      sleep,
    }
  }

  altText = \lyricmode {
    %<+hier den Text für den Alt eintragen+>
    \commonI
    \oberI
    Then \surrender
    Where \commonII
    both \dad
    \frauenI
    \repeat unfold 11 {
      sleep,
    }
  }

  tenorText = \lyricmode {
    %<+hier den Text für den Tenor eintragen+>
    \commonI
    \oberI
    Then \surrender
    Where \commonII
    both \dad
    \dad \dad \dad
    dark un -- to sleep,
    \repeat unfold 11 {
      sleep,
    }
  }

  bassText = \lyricmode {
    %<+hier den Text für den Baß eintragen+>
    \commonI
    in the night,
    Then \surrender
    \commonII
    \dad \dad \dad
    dark un -- to sleep,
    \repeat unfold 10 {
      sleep,
    }
  }