| Cradle of Filth – Summer Dying Fast Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Interesting interpretation indeed, SithspawN. My own interpretation is, the song uses the metaphor of autumn and winter's inevitable triumph over summer to describe the triumph of the "Satanic" and/or pagan, always rabidly anti-Christian forces that Dani Filth is always writing about. (I know, that sounds pretentious.) If Dani meant the lyrics as an experiment, well, I think it's an interesting one, but not his finest work. |
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| Celtic Frost – Visual Aggression Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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Unfortunately, a couple of lines are misquoted here. They should be: "Forgotten are the past sins And the "perfect creation" falls" With the proper lyrics, the meaning becomes a lot clearer. On the face of it, this song might describe Western civilization in general and the U.S. in particular. "Masses of dullness, a spiral cage/ As they ride on visual aggression" -- the dull masses, obsessed with pacifying media violence? But, like George Orwell's "Animal Farm", this story has a more general meaning. It suggests a repeating cycle that happens to one civilization after another over the millenia. Again and again, human beings create what they think is the "perfect" civilization, the one that finally got it right -- only to destroy it with their own folly. Interestingly, the lyrics hint that the narrator is some heroic or guardian figure. He counsels honesty in facing the inevitable slide into disaster: "Is truth what you believe?/ A prophet's tears will dry..." The catastrophe (at least this time) comes because he has somehow failed or neglected his duty: "Once, I slept in confidence/ Sounds like I've been a fool . . ." But he knows this history will repeat itself, with a new civilization rising again. |
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| Cradle of Filth – The Black Goddess Rises Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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One sees this figure a lot in Dani Filth's lyrics -- an "evil" goddess whom the narrator either fervently worships or desires to make his wife. Sometimes she seems to be a vampire: note the line "Am I to bleed myself dry to see your delight?" He submits to this woman/goddess/vampire in a sadomasochistic, even self-sacrificing way: "You are in my dreams/ the darkness in my eyes/ the rapture in my screams." Like I say, Filth uses this image a lot. But of all the times this dark goddess appears, here and in The Black Goddess Rises II are where CoF do it best and most beautifully, with passion that's largely missing from their later work. The narrator alternately cries his utter submission and devotion, and screams his willingness to destroy Christianity in her honor. The background chant of "Come to me . . . Black Goddess arise" is breathtaking (and sadly missing from "The Black Goddess Rises II"). |
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| Cradle of Filth – For Those Who Died Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| This isn't actually written by anyone in Cradle of Filth -- it was originally done by Sabbat, the finest thrash metal band Great Britain ever produced. | |
| Sentenced – Desert By Night Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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Same here, wrecked. Particularly the last two stanzas! I think this is a sort of pagan revenge-of-nature tale, with a bizarre twist. The narrator calls upon the Animal Powers and sacrifices himself to give them the power to take revenge. In the second half, it becomes clear that he's actually one of a group of people, and not alone. A side note: "Hall-Up-High" is, I think, a literal translation of "Valhalla". Definitely a unique song, just for the lyrics. |
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