Thirteen Autumns And A Widow Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Nevermortal 

Cover art for Thirteen Autumns And A Widow lyrics by Cradle of Filth

Following in the tale of Elizabeth Bathory, this song is about Elizabeth finally freed of her husband's bondage. She is now free to begin her horriffic killing spree.

This comment is so historically inaccurate it hurts. I don't know what you mean "freed by her husband's bondage". Do you mean he died? He died in 1604, and Erzsebet had already been killing way before that. It definitely didn't "begin" at that point. It was only at that point that she was finally being INVESTIGATED for the killings. Some people estimated that by 1611 she had killed 100-200 girls, but there was apparently a journal of hers that documented 650 victims.

If by "freed" you mean her husband going of to the Ottoman-Turkish wars or going to study...