One sees this figure a lot in Dani Filth's lyrics -- an "evil" goddess whom the narrator either fervently worships or desires to make his wife. Sometimes she seems to be a vampire: note the line "Am I to bleed myself dry to see your delight?" He submits to this woman/goddess/vampire in a sadomasochistic, even self-sacrificing way: "You are in my dreams/ the darkness in my eyes/ the rapture in my screams."
Like I say, Filth uses this image a lot. But of all the times this dark goddess appears, here and in The Black Goddess Rises II are where CoF do it best and most beautifully, with passion that's largely missing from their later work. The narrator alternately cries his utter submission and devotion, and screams his willingness to destroy Christianity in her honor. The background chant of "Come to me . . . Black Goddess arise" is breathtaking (and sadly missing from "The Black Goddess Rises II").
One sees this figure a lot in Dani Filth's lyrics -- an "evil" goddess whom the narrator either fervently worships or desires to make his wife. Sometimes she seems to be a vampire: note the line "Am I to bleed myself dry to see your delight?" He submits to this woman/goddess/vampire in a sadomasochistic, even self-sacrificing way: "You are in my dreams/ the darkness in my eyes/ the rapture in my screams."
Like I say, Filth uses this image a lot. But of all the times this dark goddess appears, here and in The Black Goddess Rises II are where CoF do it best and most beautifully, with passion that's largely missing from their later work. The narrator alternately cries his utter submission and devotion, and screams his willingness to destroy Christianity in her honor. The background chant of "Come to me . . . Black Goddess arise" is breathtaking (and sadly missing from "The Black Goddess Rises II").