In year 1998 together with album of his another band Entrails was released a promo of Cales-Mystery of Lost Equilibrium.
In 2001 The Pass In Time saw the light of day. At that time Skuny became the bands new singer, because original singer J.S. De Sed decided to spend all his time on his own band Dark Gamballe.
Around 2003, Cales changed their style to a more hard rock sound, leaving the trails of their pagan past behind for now. The album Uncommon Excursion is a mix of modern hard rock with a typically Blackie sounding guitar and good work by singer Skuny (also in Sad Harmony) and drummer R. 'Evil' Kostelnak (also in Root).
In 2007, the instrumental album called Savage Blood returned to the pagan past of the project.
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Burn My Blood
Cales Lyrics
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Accompanied by my girlfriend Darkness
Hidden by night I am hunting the invisible
Through the eye of beast of prey I look at the beginning.
My spirit is as old as time itself
And it likes to wander among stars
Falls through freezing universe were inspired in me
My eyes are cold forever now
Is seeing the grievances and is screaming.
Burn my blood.
Burn it, you, whose sense of living is to forget
You, who have faithful lies and death at their heels
And your soil gives birth to worms merely.
Today the whole sky is dimmed by impenetrable sadness
Red drops are falling through cosmos.
Burn my blood.
The opening line of Cales's song Burn My Blood, "I suck from the cup of old age", speaks to the idea of being ancient, mature, and wise. The singer has lived a long and eventful life and is accompanied by his girlfriend, Darkness. Together, they haunt the night, hunting the invisible. The eye of the beast of prey seems to give him a different perspective, which allows him to look back at the beginning of time. His spirit is as old as time, and he wanders among the stars. However, his eyes are cold forever now, and his ego lies beyond the horizon of eternity, seeing the grievances and screaming.
The chorus, "Burn my blood", implies that the singer wants to be liberated from his current state. He is tired of the constraints of his human vessel, which has a limited lifespan, and wants to be free of the sense of living only to forget. The person, whoever they may be, who has faithful lies and death at their heels, represents the forces that keep him grounded in life, preventing him from being released. The singer acknowledges that their soil will eventually become the birthplace of worms.
The final lines of the chorus paint a vivid picture of a red rain falling through the cosmos, with its cause unknown. The singer seems to be urging the universe to take his blood and free him from his chains, to let him escape beyond eternity. In essence, Burn My Blood is about the desire for transcendence beyond the mortal coil, and the potential consequences for those held down by their earthly bounds.
Line by Line Meaning
I suck from the cup of old age
I have experienced so much time that I feel old beyond my years.
Accompanied by my girlfriend Darkness
I find comfort in the shadows and embrace the unknown.
Hidden by night I am hunting the invisible
I search for the intangible, the things that cannot be seen.
Through the eye of beast of prey I look at the beginning.
As a predator, I observe the start of all things with great intent.
My spirit is as old as time itself
My soul has been shaped by the vast expanse of time and space.
And it likes to wander among stars
I find solace in the infinite, the place where everything began.
Falls through freezing universe were inspired in me
The wonders of the cosmos fuel my curiosity and my creativity.
My eyes are cold forever now
I am numb to the pain of existence, yet not completely lifeless.
But my ego behind the horizon of eternity
Despite my detachment from material life, I still have a sense of self.
Is seeing the grievances and is screaming.
I witness suffering in the world and it causes me great distress.
Burn my blood.
I am willing to sacrifice my own life force in order to achieve what I desire.
Burn it, you, whose sense of living is to forget
Those who choose to ignore the true nature of existence will never understand me.
You, who have faithful lies and death at their heels
Those who lead a deceptive existence are only headed towards their inevitable demise.
And your soil gives birth to worms merely.
Your physical body will rot away, leaving nothing but decay and insignificance.
Today the whole sky is dimmed by impenetrable sadness
The world is shrouded in darkness and misery, its emptiness consuming everything.
Red drops are falling through cosmos.
The universe is bleeding, as if it too is suffering from the chaos that surrounds it.
Burn my blood.
I implore, once more, that my vitality be consumed by my purpose, in order to gain all that I desire.
Contributed by Cole E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.