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Absinthe with Faust Lyrics
Pur the emerald wine
Into crystal glasses.
We will touch the divine
Through kissed catharsis.
Let us pitch to the seven year itch
Of the ultra decadent,
To a tainted world and the painted girls
That our fantasies spent.
Tripping through boudoirs faced with opiate themes,
Sipping the bizarre, tasting topious dreams.
A toast to those most sacreligious days
Where for every whim won...
One soon repays.
We touched the stars
That now laugh from afar
At we, the damned...
The damned!
We have spent our time
Drenched in opulent splendour,
But when midnight chimes,
Will gilded souls surrender?
Let us drink on the giddying brink
Of pools of excrement.
All manner of shit for the glamour and glitz
Mephistopheles lent.
I remember the night as if it were engraved,
A bright marble bridge stretched across dark waves
To the shore from the moon and by Her grace,
Came that erudite stranger.
That fucker...
Come my friend, to fate let's raise
Two finger shots at this our last soiree'.
For tomorrow I fear,
Swoops all too deadly near.
The precipitous wear to Hell's high gate.
Into crystal glasses.
We will touch the divine
Through kissed catharsis.
Of the ultra decadent,
To a tainted world and the painted girls
That our fantasies spent.
Sipping the bizarre, tasting topious dreams.
A toast to those most sacreligious days
Where for every whim won...
One soon repays.
That now laugh from afar
At we, the damned...
Drenched in opulent splendour,
But when midnight chimes,
Will gilded souls surrender?
Of pools of excrement.
All manner of shit for the glamour and glitz
Mephistopheles lent.
A bright marble bridge stretched across dark waves
To the shore from the moon and by Her grace,
Came that erudite stranger.
That fucker...
Two finger shots at this our last soiree'.
For tomorrow I fear,
Swoops all too deadly near.
The precipitous wear to Hell's high gate.
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I think it is about someone who knows that they are going to hell and so, has spent their time indulging every desire, because they are damned anyway.
Faust is a story (and the name of the central character) by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, of a man who sells his soul to the devil on the condition that at the point where he is totally happy, the devil can claim his soul.
This is one of my favourite Cradle songs.
Let us drink on the giddying brink Of pools of excrement. All manner of shit for the glamour and glitz Mephistopheles lent.
That bit always gets me and my friend laughing, don't ask why i had to say that
i love this song, but does anyone know what the lyrics are after he says "that fucker..."? something about glittery and gold stuff...those lyrics arent in the cd booklet, so i thought id ask chere
What I heard from the song was...
What I heard from the song was...
He was a predator, creditor of cold The blood was sharp on a yellowing scroll But oh, the glitz, there was not gold Oh he wanted everything And for it all, lost our souls
He was a predator, creditor of cold The blood was sharp on a yellowing scroll But oh, the glitz, there was not gold Oh he wanted everything And for it all, lost our souls
I don't know how correct this is, but I have very keen listening skills, so it's at least 95% correct... maybe one or two incorrect words.
I don't know how correct this is, but I have very keen listening skills, so it's at least 95% correct... maybe one or two incorrect words.
QuiffPorn has a point...Mephistopheles is a Demon(I.E. the Devil)\ All manner of shit for the glamor and glitz--- Meanings that the Demon lent them the glamor and glitz
The more I listen to this song, the more I do agree with QuiffPorn. I do however, have the same question as Vampire6560... What does it say? I can understand something about a "predator" and something about "wanting everything, and for it all lost our souls"... But that's about it... I'm so confused!
Ok after listening to the song a whole lot this is what I got for the part I had asked about, but I'm definately not sure if they're right so feel free to correct me.
"It was a predator cold (code maybe?) Our blood was shed through the gathering skulls. And all that glittered was not gold, but we wanted everything and for it to last our souls..."
like I said I dunnno if thats right but thats my best guess.
he was a predator, creditor cold our blood was sharp on the yellowing scroll and all that glittered was not gold, but we wanted everything and for it all lost our souls...
he was a predator, creditor cold our blood was sharp on the yellowing scroll and all that glittered was not gold, but we wanted everything and for it all lost our souls...
thats what it says
thats what it says
This song is about two sinners reflecting on thier lives of decadence and sin over their last drink.
i think the lyrics after "that fucker" aresomething like: it was a call our blood was spilt on the yellowing scroll in all of this it was not told how we wanted everything... and for it all, lost our souls
i stand to be corrected.
this song is a lyrical miracle
He was a predator creditor cold Our blood was young on the yellowing scroll And all that glittered was not gold But we wanted everything And for it, lost our souls
He was a predator creditor cold Our blood was young on the yellowing scroll And all that glittered was not gold But we wanted everything And for it, lost our souls
I agree with most of what quiffporn said, but the song seems more in tune with christopher marlows dr. faustus. and im fairly sure it is "blood was spilt on the yellowing scroll", because faustus had to sign his name in his blood on the deed.