So vile mens' torment was truly a pleasure
A plan that would change mankind for ever more

Catherine Blake slept fitfully in the
summer night. In the heat.
she murmured gently and moved smoothly,
this way and that. Oh, the beauty.
Her luscious eyes, delicate fingers,
clawed at her sodden bed.
Catherine smiled. Took a fabulous breath
of summer air and tasted death.

Die Erorians' visit had been succesful, rewarding.
with nights of female screams of whimpers,
lustful dreams.
Night followed rampant night of
delicate soft gasps.
The ultimate attack on all Heaven and it's glories.
Seduce them as they slept, oblivous to
their midnight tryst.
The seed of doom was platned.
Phantom raped in their dreams.
The sad ones take their own lives.
Slay their men night after night.

Catherine Blake dreamt of a horror.
Of passion too, and of terror.
Over her silent breast, shadows swept,
shades caressed.

Motherhood was destroyed by the seed
and laid to waste.
A great rift was born. Man and the
world were torn.
The daggers went in dep, vile and sickening.
Women swept away all infancy from their wombs.
And still the Lord God remained silent.
No utterance, no movement, no tears.
The earth became red.
The cutting machines of man.
Disgust and hatred for the lives of woman.
The butchery, the savagery, did spill
unto themselves.
A chorus of agony from Heaven and rain poured
In a colossus of angels tears.
The creature of all sins. The lord of the
bleakest abode.
Did wonder at the silence.
What did the Almighty know?
All Hell did fill with the screaming souls
of dead men.
The mighty army of God did stand and wait.
Hoping our lord would unleash them all.
the great firy pit. Hordes ripped apart.
Chaos ensued, screaming from the dark.
Observing his darkened child, in the miserable corners of earth
The great heart of God will heal up the earth.
The Lord watched as his beloved slipped silently
Back into the darkness below.


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    If it interests anyone to know, William Blake's wife was named Catherine. I'm not sure if there's any definite connection, but William Blake was something of a seer who would engrave his visions of angels and devils, accompanying his illustrations with long, complex poems.

    In his longer poems, he developed a complex mythology that described the creation of the world, not unlike the mythological portion of this song's lyrics about a great rift being born, etc. He even wrote a lot about the female abstract, motherhood, womanhood, et cetera.

    This song would make a lot more sense if it were about William Blake rather than Catherine, who I don't think was known to have had any such visions. Perhaps MDB thought the song would have more impact if it were a woman rather than a man having these visions? The song certainly benefits from the imagery of the woman tearing at her sheets and beholding terrible visions.

    The song was obviously inspired by William Blake's poetry, though.

    brian_jameson December 16, 2007   Link

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