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| Dead Can Dance – Xavier Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Brenden revealed recently that this song is about Roseanna Xavier (one person), a fictitious character who is dealing with being a woman born into a man's world. For YEARS I wondered who this Xavier person was, and if it was a historical character. But Roseanna is the combined name of Brendan's mother and aunt. |
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| Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi's Dead Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Most overrated and overplayed songs in existence, and especially in the gothic community. I'm a big fan of Bauhaus, but I must say I dislike this song and have from the beginning. Too many people use it as a one-way ticket into a romantic subculture. |
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| Tristania – Lethean River Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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In Greek mythology, if you drink from the Lethean River in Hades, you instantly forget your past. Keeping that in mind, the song begins to make a little bit more sense, though, we must admit, Tristania can be a bit "prolix" themselves. :p In any case, it seems this person is burdened by his past, and aches to drink from the Lethean in order to forget it. Which would mean he would have to die ("entrancing sleep") and go tohell/Hades. My personal favourite Tristania lyric is in this song: "Time will gather the source of thy secrecies." |
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| Therion – Via Nocturna Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This is by far the most beautiful Therion song that has been written thus far. It sounds more like a classical piece than is typical of Therion, jumping from part to part like it's five songs in one. It's really magnificent. (Via Nocturna means "the way of the night".) |
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| Therion – Seawinds (Accept cover) Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I'm not surprised that this is apparently a cover, because this has never sounded like a Therion song to me. The lyrics are so different, and the melody simply isn't the kind Therion is known for. Glad that's explained. One thing I always think of when listening to this song (though there are contradictions--a train, for example) is Odysseus. But I think I just have ancient Greece on the brain. |
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| Therion – Lemuria Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Lemuria is a lost island in the Indian Ocean similar to Atlantis that occultist writers have adopted for one reason or another. |
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| Therion – Ljusalfheim Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Random information: Thomas Karlsson, founder of Dragon Rouge, offers his voice in this song when he whispers. (The part after "it makes you fly"... It sounds as if he's saying "forever, in the sky".) Ljusalfheim is another world of Norse mythology, where the elves live (as can be seen from the lyrics). |
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| Therion – Lepaca Kliffoth Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Lepaca Kliffoth means Hail the Adverse Tree. It's used in Kaballah and occultism, but I still don't have it straightened out. As for the rest of the lyrics, I can't even tell you what language it is. |
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| Therion – Clavicula Nox Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Clavicula Nox means "key of night". It's also a magick symbol--a trident in a circle--used in Dragon Rouge to unlock an incorporeal gate that will lead one closer to Apotheosis (freedom from outside reaction and life led entirely by free will). |
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| The Crüxshadows – Return (Coming Home) Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Yep, it's adefinitely bout Odysseus. Even if it's deduced only from the fact that the Cruxshadows are obviously very fond of ancient history, specifically the Trojan War. |
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| The Crüxshadows – Aten-Ra Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Aten was the Egyptian god of the sun disc (though not Ra--he's seperate) that Akhenaten and his father raised to the level of the one and only god while banning any other gods' existence. To me, the song reminds me of the idea that any/all gods that have been worshipped throughout the centuries are one and the same, creating the impression that all of them are nonsense. |
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| The Crüxshadows – Citadel Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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One word: Iliad. I think we all know whether or not Troy was able to defend itself "without surrender or defeat". ;) |
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| The Crüxshadows – East Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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It's fairly easy to see what this song is about on a one-dimensional level. Adam and Eve left the garden by the eastern exit. However, to me, the song celebrates Adam and Eve's decision to take advantage of free will. |
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| The Velvet Underground – Venus in Furs Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Speaking of covers: I think there's a universal law that says anyone covering this song is going to sound brilliant. Christian Death and Devotchka have both covered the song; the former with a sort of industrial sound to it, the latter with a more pop sound. They're both spectacular, and worth checking out. Regardless, this is Velvet Underground's best and one of the greatest songs ever written to this day. |
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| Iron Maiden – Out Of The Silent Planet Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I agree with archagon. The book Out of the Silent Planet is basically Narnia for adults--Earth is corrupt because it isolated itself from God, whereas Mars and Venus haven't. (Thus the lyrics about salvation and desertion.) I'm not sure how these lyrics would correspond to Brave New World; I've read the book twice and none of this rings a bell. It rang the CS Lewis bell right off the bat, though. |
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| Faith and the Muse – Cernunnos Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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The imagery created in my mind while listening to this song is superb. I've always thought the king that is being usurped is more than likely God, but at the same time it could double up as a song about a common medieval king whose people overthrow him. |
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| Wumpscut – Churist Churist Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I knew it wasn't Latin (I've studied a bit of the language and know it when I see it), and I did finally manage to find an interview where he states that it's an artificial language and doesn't mean a damn thing. |
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