The Blue Lotus Lyrics
Band | |
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Album | Songs of Darkness, Words of Light(2004) |
Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
Genres | Death Doom Metal, Gothic Metal |
Labels | Peaceville Records |
Ranked | #71 for 2004 , #2,980 all-time |
Album rating : 87.4 / 100
Votes : 9
Votes : 9
6. The Blue Lotus (6:33)
Under the darkened, Ancient oak
Gentle in the nights breeze
I stop and stare, rest a while
With hands upon my knees
Through jaded leaves, bush and scrub
I spy my journeys end
Black it looms, silent gloom
The castle called Avend
On I trot, past forest eyes
Past horrors of the night
Through the dark, I see a sign
A gentle glowing light
Upon reaching the castle I ascend the ivy
Towards the golden window
My heart pounds my breath is rushed
As I fight both brick and branch
The ledge is mine and over I sweep
Silent like the falling snow
Quiet, I slip across the polished floor
Tonight, I will dine with chance
The Blue Lotus, a legend, I thought a myth
Old poems and stories gone
A beauty of unimaginable lust
Both men's hearts, and Gods, were won
Skin like milk, an angels face
They say her smile could kill
Her hair the blackest of all black
Stories I thought Though, still
So there she lay sleeping upon the bed
Half covered by fantastic silks
Her breast I see, moves with her dreams
A sight I will always recall
A single candle that showed me the way
Through forest, river and hills
Glows upon that lovely skin
Shadows dancing around the walls
Closer I creep, toward my prize
The Blue Lotus lies before me
Her lips are full, red as blood
Moist as they invite me
Stoop I did to kiss those lips
In that glowing room
When suddenly, she did awake,
Her eyes filled with doom
From silks, her hands were round my neck
Escape there was no hope
A brief flash of teeth is all I saw
And gone was my throat
Her bloodlust deep, she swallowed me
Red was all I saw
She drank her fill and watched me fall
Gently to the floor
A league away my death is found
By locals who tens this land
Who lay me down in shallow earth
A single Lotus placed in my hand
Gentle in the nights breeze
I stop and stare, rest a while
With hands upon my knees
Through jaded leaves, bush and scrub
I spy my journeys end
Black it looms, silent gloom
The castle called Avend
On I trot, past forest eyes
Past horrors of the night
Through the dark, I see a sign
A gentle glowing light
Upon reaching the castle I ascend the ivy
Towards the golden window
My heart pounds my breath is rushed
As I fight both brick and branch
The ledge is mine and over I sweep
Silent like the falling snow
Quiet, I slip across the polished floor
Tonight, I will dine with chance
The Blue Lotus, a legend, I thought a myth
Old poems and stories gone
A beauty of unimaginable lust
Both men's hearts, and Gods, were won
Skin like milk, an angels face
They say her smile could kill
Her hair the blackest of all black
Stories I thought Though, still
So there she lay sleeping upon the bed
Half covered by fantastic silks
Her breast I see, moves with her dreams
A sight I will always recall
A single candle that showed me the way
Through forest, river and hills
Glows upon that lovely skin
Shadows dancing around the walls
Closer I creep, toward my prize
The Blue Lotus lies before me
Her lips are full, red as blood
Moist as they invite me
Stoop I did to kiss those lips
In that glowing room
When suddenly, she did awake,
Her eyes filled with doom
From silks, her hands were round my neck
Escape there was no hope
A brief flash of teeth is all I saw
And gone was my throat
Her bloodlust deep, she swallowed me
Red was all I saw
She drank her fill and watched me fall
Gently to the floor
A league away my death is found
By locals who tens this land
Who lay me down in shallow earth
A single Lotus placed in my hand
Songs of Darkness, Words of Light - Lyrics
1. The Wreckage of My Flesh Lyrics | 2. The Scarlet Garden Lyrics |
3. Catherine Blake Lyrics | 4. My Wine in Silence Lyrics |
5. The Prize of Beauty Lyrics | ▶ 6. The Blue Lotus Lyrics |
7. And My Fury Stands Ready Lyrics | 8. A Doomed Lover Lyrics |
Songs of Darkness, Words of Light - Album Credits
Members
- Aaron Stainthorpe : Vocals
- Andrew Craighan : Guitars
- Hamish Hamilton Glencross : Guitars
- Adrian "Ade" Jackson : Bass
- Sarah Stanton : Keyboards
- Shaun Taylor-Steels : Drums
Other staff
- Andy Green : Design, Illustration, Artwork
- Mags : Engineering, Mixing
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