Painted Skulls
Eternal Celebration: Painted Skulls Unveil Death's Subtle Dance
Lyrics
From the museum of sleep
Refers to a dreamlike state or a place associated with sleep.
Unliving eyes see death's subtle jest
Lifeless eyes observe death's ironic humor.
In my sorrow they mourn the past
The speaker's grief is shared by the unliving eyes, mourning the past.
Yet celebrate their eternal rest
Despite mourning, there's a celebration of their perpetual rest.
Relieving the worlds pain
Alleviating the world's suffering.
In a church of misery
Describes a place or state characterized by misery.
Dampening the lantern flame
Diminishing the light of hope or life.
Upon your bended knee
Suggests submission or prayerful posture.
Painted skulls
Introduction of the motif of painted skulls.
Painted skulls
Reiteration of the motif, emphasizing its significance.
Warm and close the air runs hard
Describing an oppressive atmosphere, possibly in a graveyard.
Around the loyal gravesite
Highlighting the loyalty of those buried in graves.
Wailing moon in a putrid sky
Depiction of a sorrowful or ominous moon in a decayed sky.
Hungry and eager tonight
Emphasizing a sense of hunger and eagerness in the atmosphere.
Our cries pierce their world
The speaker's cries affecting the realm of the dead.
An invocation to mourn
An appeal or ritual to express grief.
Celebration, fete for fate
Celebration for the destiny of otherworldly reborn souls.
Of unearthly dead souls reborn
Communal celebration of the resurrected dead.
Like a slime trail of a slug
Metaphorically likening the path of souls to a slug's trail.
Transgress to the husk
Transitioning to the empty shell or remains.
Unburied souls in restful bliss
Unburied souls at peace, emerging from their resting place.
Bursting forth from crust
Sudden emergence or eruption from a surface.
Stale the stench of arising souls
Describing the unpleasant odor of rising souls in a ritualistic context.
In ritual macabre
Engaging in a macabre and ritualistic ceremony.
Drag you down infuse your mind
Imposing influence on the listener's psyche, possibly through dark means.
By blade or poisoned barb
By either a blade or a poisoned barb, suggesting harm or manipulation.
Painted skulls
Reiteration of the motif of painted skulls.
Painted skulls
Emphasizing the significance of the painted skulls.
The festival end now they sleep
Conclusion of the festival, marking the return to rest for the souls.
Shrouds of pain another year
Cloaked in pain, another year begins.
Return to their boneyard
Returning to the place of bones or death.
We surviving ones await in fear
The living ones anxiously anticipate the next cycle with fear.
Mourning unsurpassed
Expressing unparalleled grief until the very end.
To the bitter end
A somber acknowledgment of shattered hopes and lies.
Broken dreams and broken lies
The painted skulls elicit cries from the children.
Painted skulls, the children cry
A poignant image of children mourning.
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