The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
She has come from the shadows of the dream world
A dark angel from the darker side of love
Across a sea of tears
A hundred thousand years
Come with her and dance in the moon light
And you are lost to this world evermore
Put your hand in her hand
Come and fly now with the angels
Rise again now like the phoenix
Your the love that lives forever
In the heart that never dies, never dies
Heart of Lilith!
Come and drown in the lake of her passion
Come and die so you can be reborn
Hear the siren sing
Hear the death knell ring
She's a witch a siren and a vampyre
She has come from the distance stars
To take your heart
To break your heart
Come and fly now with the angels
Rise again now like the phoenix
Your the love that lives forever
In the heart that never dies, never dies
Heart of Lilith!
Come and kiss, kiss the lips of Lilith
Come and kiss and you will be no more
Feel the fire
Of desire
Come and fly now with the angels
Rise again now like the phoenix
Your the love that lives forever
In the heart that never dies, never dies
Heart of Lilith!
Come and fly now with the angels
Rise again now like the phoenix
Your the love that lives forever
In the heart that never dies, never dies
Heart of Lilith!
A dark angel from the darker side of love
Across a sea of tears
A hundred thousand years
Come with her and dance in the moon light
And you are lost to this world evermore
Put your hand in her hand
Come and fly now with the angels
Rise again now like the phoenix
Your the love that lives forever
In the heart that never dies, never dies
Heart of Lilith!
Come and drown in the lake of her passion
Come and die so you can be reborn
Hear the siren sing
Hear the death knell ring
She's a witch a siren and a vampyre
She has come from the distance stars
To take your heart
To break your heart
Come and fly now with the angels
Rise again now like the phoenix
Your the love that lives forever
In the heart that never dies, never dies
Heart of Lilith!
Come and kiss, kiss the lips of Lilith
Come and kiss and you will be no more
Feel the fire
Of desire
Come and fly now with the angels
Rise again now like the phoenix
Your the love that lives forever
In the heart that never dies, never dies
Heart of Lilith!
Come and fly now with the angels
Rise again now like the phoenix
Your the love that lives forever
In the heart that never dies, never dies
Heart of Lilith!
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Lilith was a vampire who fed herself with the semen of men and making them crazy to fornicate with her causing all kind of mental diseases through desire; Lilith is one of the main devils of modern times; if the Singer of this group is Lilith I totally understand men's desire; great tune and rhythm, just magical and haunted! See the picture: Lilith (1892), John Collier.
I love this song. It's the perfect song for my one friend.
One of my favorite Inkubus Sukkubus songs.
iahve never really understood this song but its a good song to listen to i know who lilith is but still dont uinderstand the song
Lillith is the first wife of Adam in folklore of I'm not sure where goes to check...Okay, supposedly on the sixth day God made male and female of everything except humans..Adam was left there to name everything and saw all the couples of animals and felt jealous (typical male) then God created Lillith, except that she wasn't as pure as Adam was. Lillith was annoyed when she was always on the "bottom" ;) and she left him....And then Lillith was punished by God but made a compromise with some angels. If she ever wanted to kill a human child and saw the angels names or amulets above it she would spare their life. God punished her by killing 100 of her demon children daily. Whenever she couldn't kill a human child she killed her own....God then went to Adam and wanted to help him, he tried again and made the First Eve, Adam ended up being completely hating her.
Lillith in the end escaped Death, hence "the heart that never dies" Great song with an amazing story.
You can read more about this at: webcom.com/~gnosis/lillith.html
This is my favorite song, it was the first thing i heard for inkubus sukkubus, and i will forever love it. Everytime i hear it it takes me somewhere else.
The perfect ode to Lilith, the greatest inspiration to womankind.