Death Followed Like a Plague
Chronicles of Darkness: A Haunting Melody from Celtic Frost's Kingdom
Lyrics
Once upon a time
Introduction, setting the stage for a narrative.
On dark, distant shores
Refers to a distant and ominous place.
A late night, fire in thirteen twenty-four
Describes a late-night event in the year 1324 involving fire.
A disappearance took its place
Someone or something disappeared mysteriously.
A living being erased from history
A living being was removed from historical records.
A tale of pure mystery
Emphasizes the mysterious nature of the tale.
In the kingdom of Celtic frost and rain
Refers to a kingdom with Celtic frost and rain, setting the scene.
The story took place, the arcane
The story unfolds in the arcane, suggesting a mystical or secret context.
Strapped and torn by the great majority
Describes being oppressed and torn by the majority.
First of all women condemned for sorcery
Refers to the condemnation of the first woman for sorcery.
Flame-haired and pale like a night mist, from the world of shadows
Depicts a woman with flame-haired and pale appearance from the shadowy world.
A consumer of love dark as velvet
Describes her as a lover of dark, intense love.
Accusations evoked
Accusations are made against her.
Serial monogamist
Describes her as a serial monogamist, suggesting a pattern of relationships.
Death followed like a plague,
Death is a pervasive theme, likened to a plague.
A Remarkable woman she belonged at the stake
Highlights her as a remarkable woman condemned to the stake.
Rotten skin, rotten nails
Describes physical decay - rotten skin and nails.
The fourth man in a row
Refers to the fourth man meeting death in succession.
Succumbed to death
States that the fourth man succumbed to death.
Suspicious minds she sowed
Suggests she sowed suspicious thoughts in people's minds.
Serial monogamist
Reiterates her status as a serial monogamist with death following.
Death followed like a plague
Death is again likened to a plague.
Armed with rumors, jealousy and rage
Describes how rumors, jealousy, and rage led to her persecution.
The innocent woman forced to end her days
She is forced to end her days, facing an unjust fate.
Persecuted, nearly executed
She was persecuted and almost executed.
A true outcast
Declared a true outcast due to her circumstances.
A haunting melody
Introduces a haunting melody, adding an atmospheric element.
Serial monogamist
Reiterates her status as a serial monogamist with death as a constant companion.
Death followed like a plague
Death is again likened to a plague.
The innocent woman, forced to end her days
Repeats her forced end and remarkable status as an outcast.
A Remarkable woman
Highlights her as a remarkable woman again.
A true outcast
Reiterates her status as a true outcast.
A haunting melody, from the age's past
Concludes with the lingering effect of a haunting melody from the past.
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