Members:
Blanc Feu : vocals, guitars
Cadavre : drums
Matrak : bass
Le froid lépreux
Cantique Lépreux Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
Lambeaux de chair convulsée
Cérémonie de spasmes cette lumière sanguinaire
Qui nous redonne les remous des origines
De la plaie ouverte la purulente mort
Tumulte glacial que le silence abhorre
Le froid lépreux est entré dans la forêt en loques
Infection par les fléaux d'antan
Fièvre céleste des anges éparpillés
Oraison lue puis déchirée
Pâmoison sacrée
Ablutions avec le sang des astres
Sur la peau glacée des arbres inflexibles
Pâmoison sacrée
Piliers d'un temple infini
Où le temps faillit
Piliers d'un temple infini
Où le temps faillit
The first verse of Cantique Lépreux's song "Le froid lépreux" sets a haunting and macabre tone, describing the entry of the "leprous cold" into a forest that is tattered and torn. The image of convulsing flesh in rags further emphasizes the feeling of decay and death. The following lines describe a ceremony of spasms with a bloody light that brings back the origins of something more primal and instinctual. The imagery of an open wound and a purulent death creates a juxtaposition of beauty and horror. The tumultuous cold that is abhorred by silence indicates a resistance to the animalistic and wild.
The second verse of "Le froid lépreux" continues with apocalyptic and religious language. The "celestial fever" of scattered angels and declaimed prayers suggests the presence of an unattainable and otherworldly power. The language of 'pâmoison sacrée' or sacred swoon, further reinforces the religious nature of the song. The ablutions or cleaning of the skin with the blood of the stars provides an eerie and mystical aspect. The final repetition of "Piliers d'un temple infini / Où le temps faillit" or "Pillars of an infinite temple / Where time failed" creates a sense of grandeur and weightiness, ending the song on an ominous and unsettling note.
Line by Line Meaning
Le froid lépreux est entré dans la forêt en loques
The contagious cold has entered the torn forest
Lambeaux de chair convulsée
Torn flesh writhing in agony
Cérémonie de spasmes cette lumière sanguinaire
A ceremony of convulsions with the bloody light
Qui nous redonne les remous des origines
Bringing back the ancient turmoil
De la plaie ouverte la purulente mort
From the open wound, the putrid death
Tumulte glacial que le silence abhorre
A freezing tumult that silence hates
Infection par les fléaux d'antan
Infection by the plagues of old
Fièvre céleste des anges éparpillés
Heavenly fever of scattered angels
Oraison lue puis déchirée
Prayer read and then torn apart
Pâmoison sacrée
Sacred fainting
Ablutions avec le sang des astres
Ablutions with the blood of stars
Sur la peau glacée des arbres inflexibles
On the frozen skin of unwavering trees
Piliers d'un temple infini
Pillars of an infinite temple
Où le temps faillit
Where time fails
Piliers d'un temple infini
Pillars of an infinite temple
Où le temps faillit
Where time fails
Contributed by Gavin R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.