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On Whom the Moon Doth Shine Lyrics
O soft embalmer of ye still midnight,
Allow me thee to adown,
Of any sort thou fancieth;
Each holdeth its own fancy, I say -
Yet the pleasure we partake in
Was caus'd by the fang'd grin,
Save!, do I for him anger hold?
Nay - I knew I was fey!"
Had I what it taketh I would do;
I sense - I cannot sense,
I am - yet! I am not -
Once I kiss'd the image
Of the Seven Angels of Death...
Yet as thou so didst,
On my lips a kiss landéd,
And with the shadows blendéd
The tendermost silken mourn;
In which the light hidden is -
Yon Hell's brazen doors
Wrothfully it trieth to push.
Then, lo! the Black Death,
Serpent-like 'twixt the breasts crept;
Hush'd with a gasp of life's breath,
Hush'd with a gasp of life's breath,
Together red tears they wept,
Together red tears we wept - in vain,
And pass'd the procession of dancers dead -
And pass'd the procession of dancers dead -
As in darkness were we lock'd in wed."
As in darkness were we lock'd in wed;
I kiss'd the Seven Angels of Death.
And Hell open'd its doors,
Yet what was 'fore my eyes
Yet what was 'fore my eyes
But if not the brightest light.
But if not the brightest light.
Allow me thee to adown,
Of any sort thou fancieth;
Each holdeth its own fancy, I say -
Yet the pleasure we partake in
Was caus'd by the fang'd grin,
Save!, do I for him anger hold?
Nay - I knew I was fey!"
Had I what it taketh I would do;
I sense - I cannot sense,
I am - yet! I am not -
Once I kiss'd the image
Of the Seven Angels of Death...
Yet as thou so didst,
On my lips a kiss landéd,
And with the shadows blendéd
The tendermost silken mourn;
In which the light hidden is -
Yon Hell's brazen doors
Wrothfully it trieth to push.
Then, lo! the Black Death,
Serpent-like 'twixt the breasts crept;
Hush'd with a gasp of life's breath,
Hush'd with a gasp of life's breath,
Together red tears they wept,
Together red tears we wept - in vain,
And pass'd the procession of dancers dead -
And pass'd the procession of dancers dead -
As in darkness were we lock'd in wed."
As in darkness were we lock'd in wed;
I kiss'd the Seven Angels of Death.
And Hell open'd its doors,
Yet what was 'fore my eyes
Yet what was 'fore my eyes
But if not the brightest light.
But if not the brightest light.
Song Info
Submitted by
kira Midnight On Jul 29, 2002
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i believe this song to be about Vampirism or something of the sort..many of the lyrics point to it.
Yet the pleasure we partake in Was caus'd by the fang'd grin, Save!, do I for him anger hold? Nay - I knew I was fey!"
basically sayign the pleasure "killing drinking of blood" we partake in was caused my a fang'd grin "vampire i assume"Save ! do i for him anger hold nay i knew i was fey."does she have anger for him for what he has done to her taking her mortal life?" Nay (no) she knew she was fey "scotish definition for Fey is 1.fated to die soon.. 2.Full of the sense of approaching death" she knew of her death comign and does not hold any anger for him..then again the Black Death might be something of a plague not quite sure..i ponder this song so much so intensly i shall one day get my final meaning to this song till then great tune!
However back to my vampire theory.
I kiss'd the Seven Angels of Death. And Hell open'd its doors, Yet what was 'fore my eyes But if not the brightest light.
together they wept tears of red (blood) and hell open's it's doors and she saw the brightest light this is all a metaphor to me.though he may have been ripped of her mortal life and damned to hell as a vampire as being locked in wed with the one who has made her this way she see's only light her heaven awaits her...i don't know so much thinking not enough drugs to maintain quality song meaning grasping
I basically agree with Blinko's interpretation, although I think it may be kind of a metaphor using Vampirism. Maybe what they mean is that her being drawn into lust by the vampire/hot guy was caused by the devil or whatever since the devil is supposed to drive people to do those things and that they were damned for being lustful and... yeah. I don't know any other way to explain it and I don't fell like analysing every line. The other thing is that (maybe it's just the recording I have, but...) when he says "The lo! The Black Death" does it sound like "the bee Death"? It sounds like he's just pronouncing the name of the first letter in death? Is there a reason for that or are all of the lyrics I'm finding on the internet wrong? Well, anyways, this is probably my favourite ToT song, so that's all I have to say, so... bye!
The first line, apart from being the title of a song by Celestial Season, is the beginning of the sonnet "To sleep" by John Keats.