In Venere Veritas Lyrics

Lyric discussion by AmonTheDevilman 

Cover art for In Venere Veritas lyrics by HIM

Here is my interpretation for a few lyrics of the song:

"Zip and keep it in a body bag well warm" - He refers to a feeling that is fading, and the "body bag" is simply human body, his body that is trying to stick to feeling that is almost lost. Warmth is tradicionaly always connected to positive feeling: love, hope... He is trying to preserve hope, yet it is merely lost.

"Next to the mausoleum he was born in" - We well know that the "temple" is shelter for the human soul, so the "mausoleum" may refer to a body that does not feel alive any more, does not possess will to live and fight any more.

"Picking up the pieces of this gory glory of it all" - He is trying to find something in his pathetic, emotional body that will give him comfort. The "gory", the blood is connected to primal vital energy, but shattered to pieces it can not do much good.

"Bereave to mourn, bereave to mourn - All that is left is to mourn for the dieing feeling. "Have no fear There are wounds that are not meant to heal And they sing, 'In Venere Veritas'" - There he finds joy in suffering, accepts his love wounds, and concludes that there is truth in worshiping, in caring and suffering for another being, being he does love.

"There's a motive to our sadness As we drag the mirrored ball and chain - We know ourselves trough mirror, we know ourselves in others, and their mirror is their burdon, the suffering they have chosen to bare.

Through the twilight again - "Twilight" because it represents a short time between two happenings: the day and the night; between love and hate; between joy and sadness, two opposites generally.

Dressed up in shame." - "shame" born from their failure. Shame for the bad things they have done to each other and theirselves.

"Begging for reflection of a all the shattered hearts who Find and chase us over the edge." - The things they find out about each other, and primary about theirselves are chasing them, and have forced them to go over the edge of their love to hate, hope to hopeless state, joy to torture...

"Let's fall apart together now!" - Let's join in this state, throw away all the limits, all norms, all prejudice, all that remains in past, Ego, negative feelings... Let's fall apart and let ourselves be consumed with this love and let in our lives whatever this love will bring.

Thank you for your attention!

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