Belladonna and aconite
Give to me the gift of flight
Take me up, airborne in the night
In a dream, across the sky
A hundred - million miles high
Take me ever onwards in the night

Dark sisters join my night flight
See how far you can climb
Holt's with us on this bright night
Ride with him 'cross the sky

As a screaming horde
We cut the scape
The Devil's Apple exacerbates
To the sabbat on demon steed I ride
Across the astral plane we race
The universe my fingers trace
And I am lost forever in my mind

Dark sisters join my night flight
See how far you can climb
Holt's with us on this bright night
Ride with him 'cross the sky

hemlock hembane aconite belladonna

Overall Meaning

The song Belladonna & Aconite by Inkubus Sukkubus is about the desire to escape reality and experience the freedom of flight. The lyrics describe the use of belladonna and aconite, two poisonous plants known for their hallucinogenic effects, as a means of achieving this dreamlike state. The singer wants to be taken up, airborne in the night, and to fly a hundred million miles high, ever onwards in the night. The dark sisters in the song represent the other seekers of this experience, who join the singer in their night flight. They climb higher and higher, accompanied by Holt, a reference to the pagan god Odin who was often associated with witchcraft.

The second verse of the song describes the horde of witches on their astral ride to the sabbat, a gathering of witches for magic and worship. They ride on demon steeds fueled by the Devil's Apple, another reference to a hallucinogenic plant. The singer traces the universe with their fingers, lost forever in their own mind. The song ends with a repetition of the chorus, urging the dark sisters to join the night flight and ride with Holt across the sky.

Overall, the lyrics to Belladonna & Aconite are a celebration of the power and allure of witchcraft and the desire to escape reality through psychedelic experiences. The song blends references to pagan mythology, witchcraft, and drug culture to create a mystical and otherworldly atmosphere.

Line by Line Meaning

Belladonna and aconite
I desire to fly, and thus, I implore the power of belladonna and aconite

Give to me the gift of flight
These poisonous herbs shall make me take flight

Take me up, airborne in the night
I want to sail through the dark skies, high above the ground

In a dream, across the sky
In my subconscious, I soar over the heavens

A hundred - million miles high
I travel to points high up that are unfathomable in distance

Take me ever onwards in the night
Let the journey carry on throughout the night

Dark sisters join my night flight
My sisters of the darkness, accompany me on my nocturnal voyage

See how far you can climb
Ascend to the highest heights and beyond

Holt's with us on this bright night
Holt is with us on this luminous night

Ride with him 'cross the sky
Let us soar through the heavens, racing across the sky with Holt

As a screaming horde
Like a pack of howling animals

We cut the scape
We carve through the landscape

The Devil's Apple exacerbates
The fruit of the devil intensifies our experience

To the sabbat on demon steed I ride
On the back of a demon horse, I make my way to the sabbat

Across the astral plane we race
We rush across the vast, otherworldly plane

The universe my fingers trace
I touch the essence of the universe with my very fingertips

And I am lost forever in my mind
I am consumed and forever lost in my own thoughts and visions

hemlock hembane aconite belladonna
Poisonous plants that have the power to transport me to other realms

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@merlinwarlock2798

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@viniciusleal21desousa

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@CS-ui4qj

2y↑28

I’m so glad there are other people who still know this band.

@user-fd3rt6bf7r

19w

i love this band,so much deep messages

@Kawamura2

10w↑1

@@user-fd3rt6bf7r They're definitely my favorite Pagan band. Have loved them for close to 15 years now.

@StellaWembley

4w↑1

Fantastic video and song. The recording is phenomenal .The corset Candia is wearing is very beautiful!🖤

@rickikilvi5406

45w↑5

I'm sure the tempo of this song gets faster as the years go by.

@merlinwarlock2798

2y↑9

@merlinwarlock2798

5y↑14

I love this Witch Song

@Djurberg74

2y↑3

Great song! I like the images from that nightmarish old silent movie "The Witch"...!

@eldritchwulfe

8y↑22

This song gives me so many good vibes, almost feels like I'm sparking with energy <3

@danielrivera5738

This song is for bull haulers and horses drops only tho

@lindseyowen5968

3y↑3

And Tony playing the guitar with his tongue 😈

@judithoverton7341

4y↑6

<3 Hemlock, Henbane, Aconite, Belladonna; <3 Opium, Thorn- Apple, Cinquefoil, Mandragora <3

@mbx16034

3y↑3

Flight Track! Keep it up sukkubus wytches!!

@queerchoreography54

6y↑8

I saw them years ago at Jackie 60 club in NYC. The crowd was so weird, I don't think they could figure out if they were liked, or not. They stopped playing, and the owner shouted, "don't worry, we love you!"

@Malvenu418

2y↑1

Fantastic performance of a fantastic song.

@ShawnRavenfire

10y↑11

I love this song! You should do more live-footage videos. :-)

@notivaga4402

28w

My favourite of yours🦇🤘

@SandyKoenigJz13

7y↑6

Beautiful Band , Great song.💀

@mariuniu100

6y↑3

Sabbat was in Lysa Gora in Poland!

@gregorymcguire6217

8y↑3

Great song.

@queerchoreography54

5y↑3

Excellent, the editing is impressive.

@MichaelDornelas

7y↑4

Awesome! I love you guys so much ♥

@sorcerykid

6y↑8

I remember first hearing this on a streaming radio station in 1998, and I was hooked. I'd saved up to buy the album from MusicBoulevard.com. That was when my collection of goth consisted of only like ten CDs :D

@9496TULL

5y↑1

sorcerykid great taste in music

@user-js8ie9kh3n

14w

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@Gothunterr

10y↑5

Good!

@michaelsansotta9819

3y↑1

Thx for the video! I love you guys rock on \m/

@juansandoval6809

3y↑1

Este temazo del goth clásico también se lo escucha en Ecuador!! 🤘

@mourningst5r

2y↑1

Love this song!!🌒🌕🌘

@stormizerlex

3y↑1

Загнали жестко!

@lindseyowen5968

3y↑1

Love this!

@cichycichy5758

2y↑2

You are beutyfull women . Candia .

@soloharmonicsrobj8246

2y↑1

I associated with a coven of Wiccans some years ago. I was invited to attend a Mabon ritual (September 21st). Mabon is one of the 8 sabbats in the wheel of the year (autumn equinox). Inkubus Sukkubus is one of my favorite pagan bands. I think I may have been a witch in a past life and my mother's side of the family is Irish, Welsh and English. So it's definitely in the bloodline.

@fradiavolo11

2y↑2

The only Irish, Welsh or English witch I can think of was Margaret Thatcher.

@soloharmonicsrobj8246

2y↑1

@@fradiavolo11 LOL! 😆 Witchcraft was practiced within the ancient pagan religions of the Gallic, Celtic, Druid and Nordic tribes of Scandinavia, Europe and Great Britain.

@fradiavolo11

2y↑1

@@soloharmonicsrobj8246 Half of Iron Age Europe was made of Celtic tribes, who most likely originated in central Europe, and spread to a wide region from the Balkans to the British Isles. They had little in common with the German tribes populating Scandinavia, apart from the fact that they often fought each other. There were no druid tribes, druids were Celtic priests throughout France, Belgium, and Great Britain. Very little is known about druids, but much has been made up by Romantic writers and new-age hippies. Witchcraft is not a religion, and is not specific to any sort of Celtic or German heritage, unless again you are into some neo-pagan or neo-hippy trip. I am afraid you sound like a (Yankee?) teenager who read too many fantasy books on Iron Age Europe.

@soloharmonicsrobj8246

2y↑1

@@fradiavolo11 I agree with most of what you have stated. However you are mistaken none of the less. Witchcraft was practiced widely throughout Europe before Christianity. Especially amongst the tribal people's. I didn't specifically mention Druid priests, however the Druids were the Celtic tribal heirchy. You should familiarize yourself with the story of Vercingetorix the Arverni tribal Gallic chieftain of whom took on the Romans and nearly won, only to be defeated by their sheer numbers. As for your "Yankee" comment, no need for insult as it only belittles you. Yes, I am a 53 year old American, but with a vast knowledge of ancient cultures. Furthermore, I am unfamiliar with any so called fantasy, romantic, new age hippie writers.

@marcocastellani8348

@@soloharmonicsrobj8246 Vercingetorix, the best known Gaul chieftain, who doesn't know his story? I studied it at high school, where most of second year's History classes were about the Roman empire. And during Latin classes, where I was made to translate countless passages from the De Bello Gallico. And later, out of my personal interest. He had nothing to do with witchcraft. And no, the Gauls were not made invincible by the magic potion of Panoramix/Getafix the druid! Witchcraft had nothing to do with pre-Christian paganism, although an old and discredited theory claimed it continued its rituals (witch-cult hypothesis). Unless you refer to Wicca, the invented tradition popularised in the UK in the 1920s, closely related to the witch-cult hypothesis, predating and feeding into the new age movement. So allow me to doubt of your "vast knowledge of ancient cultures." And reiterate again that what most Americans believe of Europe is more the work of fantasy than historical accuracy.

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@sstarowl

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@flakpanzer5095

génial!!!!!!superbe!!!wouahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

@ldmtag

2y↑1

Who needs future when exploring music of the past is nearly endless? Even if the world ends, I'll never run off music to listen. My sister passively introduced me to so many cool bands when I was a small kid watching her dancing like a wh-re in living room doorway.

@BonMooney

2y↑1

where the hell is the original version???

@angelinamayorova8938

2y↑1

love this song... but I need someone to explain who Holt is?:) it's puzzling me for 20 years? I need to know:)

@courtleymanorsims

29w↑1

Frau Holle (aka Holla, Holda, Hulda, Huld, etc)

@courtleymanorsims

16w↑1

oops i just realized the lyrics are most likely referring to a familiar spirit "Holt, who came in like a white kittling" described by the Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins. what i said before wasn't necessarily wrong however, as the old names got recycled quite a bit and were sometimes only vaguely remembered through folklore.

@cazmerched

8y↑2

Im sure Holt is the name of a woodland spirit or the devil

@zeep32696

I don't know where but I think I have heard the devil called that before. It might be European or Gaelic in origin.

@eddiethorne170

8y↑4

John Holt is not the name for the "Devil". He was a lawyer.

@eddiethorne170

7y↑3

Do your research Billy boy. He was a lawyer and the comment was meant as sarcasm. Wow. Some of you people so worried over nothing. Especially going on about it since last September? Again, wow.

@eddiethorne170

No sunshine, if you noticed I have been here quite awhile. Nice try though.

@eddiethorne170

And like I said if you would have noticed the previous comment about the lawyer it was sarcasm because of the record label at the time going into bankruptcy and they could have conjured him up. Holy.

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