Burn My Coffin

Embracing Death's Embrace: Marduk's Haunting Ode
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Lyrics

The blood inside my veins is poisoned by funerals and dreams

The speaker's blood is tainted by experiences of funerals and unfulfilled dreams.

The beauty of life crushed

The positive aspects of life have been crushed or destroyed.

Death is the life and destiny

Death is portrayed as both the essence of life and its inevitable fate.

The night so dark and everlasting

The night is described as dark and seemingly endless.

Where death and pain remains

A realm where death and pain persist.


Burn my coffin, release the soul

Expresses a desire for the speaker's coffin to be burned, symbolizing a release of the soul.

Burn my coffin, unveil the shadow

Continuation of the plea to burn the coffin, unveiling the shadow, possibly symbolic of liberation from darkness.


Black candles burn tonight

Reference to black candles burning, setting a dark and ritualistic atmosphere.

As my soul begins it's flight

The speaker's soul begins a journey as the veil of darkness descends.

As the veil of Darkness lowers it's shadow

The darkness lowers its shadow as the speaker traverses through the night.

I travel through the night

The speaker embarks on a journey through the night, possibly representing a spiritual or existential quest.


Burn my coffin

Reiteration of the desire to burn the coffin, emphasizing the importance of releasing the soul.


The first rays of dawn came misbathed in red

The first light of dawn is tainted in red, suggesting a sinister or ominous quality.

As the rays of the sun to the soil were wed

The sun's rays marrying the soil, possibly symbolizing a union of light and darkness.

In the early dawn I gazed for tomorrow

In the early dawn, the speaker contemplates the future but is filled with sorrow.

But my heart and souls was burned with sorrow

The speaker's heart and soul are burdened with sorrow despite the hope associated with a new day.

The lyrics of this song contain explicit content.
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