Death in June

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With your hair of flaming Roses
Your kiss - Medusa's touch
Turn me to a pillar of salt
To die now would be perfection

Then my loneliness closes in
So, I drink a German wine
And drift in dreams of other lives
And greater times

White sheets wrap my mind
In drunken thoughts of runes and men
Why does the devil leave for us
This legacy of loneliness

This cry for the moon
And a dagger's thrust
With your hair of flaming blooms
And your eyes of saintly dusk

Then my loneliness closes in
So, I drink a German wine
And drift in dreams of other lives
And greater times

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zanzibarchutney On Jul 14, 2007

To Drown A Rose

All Pigs Must Die

The Honour of Silence

Rose Clouds Of Holocaust

C'Est Un Rêve

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by zanzibarchutney

19y ago

The dialog in the background is from Triumph of The Will. It's like he is in love with someone amazing , but the second verse lets us know that he dose not have her/him so he gets drunk & "drifts in dreams of other lives And greater times" the background dialog hints at what the "greater times" are. This song is stuck in my head & I'll never get it out!

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by pretty_ugly_before

18y ago

the lyrics pretty say it all. but then again as in every typically for death in june references to nazism are drawn up. just as runes an the german wine reference

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by holger_0242

3y ago

The protagonist is heartbroken by a person with ginger hair. Sits lonely and sad alone at home, drinks wine and muses about a romanticized past which never happened. Probably, and this is only my assumption, a song which describes Douglas Pearce himself in this situation. He openly admits his fascination with the 3rd Reich and the asthetics, especially men in uniforms. This is an autobiographical piece.

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