Wholly Night

Nocturnal Symphony: Unraveling the Dark Tale in Arsis' 'Wholly Night'
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Lyrics

As the moon creeps forth to pierce the clouds

Describing the moon emerging through the clouds.

And it's lights embraced by a single howl

Highlighting the moon's light embraced by a single howl.

This graveyard dream was brought to life

Referring to a dream of a graveyard coming to life.

With the breath of jealous winds

Attributing life to the dream through the breath of jealous winds.

Shackled, bound, torched by the light

Expressing being confined, restrained, and affected by light.

A thousand angels torn from flight

Describing angels being forcefully prevented from flying.

Longing for heaven's dark cursed

Expressing a desire for a dark, cursed version of heaven.

With I to guide the Cain-drawn hearse

The speaker guides a hearse drawn by Cain, a biblical figure associated with murder.


This hate within its eyes, for a faith that often lies

Describing hate in the eyes, directed towards a deceptive faith.

From tears of mourning cries be torn

Calling for the tearing of mourning cries caused by this hate.

The beast is born wholly of night

Declaring the birth of a beast that is wholly of the night.


Anticipation of the madness to come

Anticipating madness and the undoing of lowly angelic flesh.

Lowly angel flesh undone

Reiterating a desire for a darkly cursed heaven.

Longing for heaven's dark curse

The speaker guides a hearse drawn by Cain in this cursed heaven.

With I to guide the Cain-drawn hearse

(Repetition of Line 8)


A wielder of sickness marching on

Describing a wielder of sickness marching on.

A flame in the name of the blackest dawn

Symbolizing a flame in the name of the darkest dawn.

Hear my call, your fate my curse shall befall

Calling for attention, warning of a curse befalling fate.


And a scream was thrown into the night

Depicting a scream thrown into the night.

A bloody shade to stain pure white

Describing a bloody shade staining purity.

Of the dark dreams and lifeless eyes

Referring to dark dreams and lifeless eyes that shall be undivine.

Shall be un-divine

(Blank line)

And a scream was thrown into the night

Repeating Line 23.

A bloody shade to stain pure white

Repeating Line 24.

And the one crawls nearer to their cries

Describing someone crawling closer to cries.

To feast the beast born wholly of night

Describing a feast for the beast born wholly of night.


Shackled, bound, torched by the light

Expressing being confined, restrained, and affected by light (Repetition of Line 5).

A thousand angels torn from flight

Repeating Line 6.

Longing for heaven's dark cursed

Repeating Line 7.

With I to guide the Cain-drawn hearse

Repeating Line 8.


This hate within its eyes, for a faith that often lies

Describing hate in the eyes, directed towards a deceptive faith (Repetition of Line 10).

From tears of mourning cries be torn

Calling for the tearing of mourning cries caused by this hate (Repetition of Line 11).

The beast is born wholly of night

Declaring the birth of a beast that is wholly of the night (Repetition of Line 12).


A wielder of sickness marching on

Describing a wielder of sickness marching on (Repetition of Line 19).

A flame in the name of the blackest dawn

Symbolizing a flame in the name of the blackest dawn (Repetition of Line 20).

Hear my call, your fate my curse shall befall

Calling for attention, warning of a curse befalling fate (Repetition of Line 21).

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