Chelsea Joy Wolfe was born in Roseville, California, and grew up in Sacramento. She is of Norwegian and German descent. Her father was in a country band and owned a home studio. By the age of 7, she had written her first poem and by the age of 9, she had written and recorded songs which she later described as "basically Casio-based gothy R&B songs."
Inspired by the dark state of the world and the strange connection between all things, she creates a unique musical blend of goth-folk, experimental rock and spiritual realm funeral songs. With influences ranging from the great minds of Ingmar Bergman and David Lynch to Soviet and end-times literature, her songs conjure visions of other dimensions, claustrophobic echo-rooms and parking garage cathedrals.
Wolfe has recorded seven full length studio albums: The Grime and the Glow, which was released on December 28th, 2010 on limited vinyl through Brooklynβs Pendu Sound Recordings; αΌΟΞΏΞΊΞ¬Ξ»Ο ΟΞΉΟ (pronounced βApokalypsisβ), which was released as a 12β LP on August 23rd, 2011; Unknown Rooms: a Collection of Acoustic Songs, which was released on October, 2012 through Sargent House; Pain Is Beauty, out September 3rd, 2013; Abyss, which was released August 7th, 2015; and Hiss Spun, out September 22nd, 2017; Birth of Violence[7i] which was released on September 13th, 2019.
Diana
Chelsea Wolfe Lyrics
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Keeps me warm
Keeps me alive
Flowers of light
Behind my eyes
Evil in the night
To the underworld
Across the sky
Flowers of light
Behind my eyes
Evil in the night
To keep me high
Power, I'm so tired
Can't take this fight
Rest my friend
We're gonna make this right
Ooh
Ooh
Yeah
Ooh-oh, yeah
Flowers of light
Evil in the night
To keep me high
Flowers of light
Evil in the night
To keep me high
To keep me high
To keep me high
To keep me high
The song "Diana" by Chelsea Wolfe is a haunting and enigmatic piece that seems to explore themes of darkness, power, and redemption. The lyrics themselves are sparse and repetitive, but they create a hypnotic and dreamlike atmosphere that draws the listener in.
The opening lines "Oh lover, mine / Keeps me warm / Keeps me alive" suggest a sense of intimacy and personal connection, but it's unclear who or what the singer is referring to. The repeated refrain "Flowers of light / Behind my eyes / Evil in the night" adds to the sense of ambiguity and unease, as if the singer is trapped in a cycle of desire and destruction.
The lines "Rise, morning star / To the underworld / Across the sky" seem to reference the mythological figure of Lucifer or the devil, suggesting a struggle between light and darkness, good and evil. The repeated refrain "To keep me high" could be interpreted as a desire for transcendence or escape, but it's left open to interpretation.
Overall, "Diana" is a complex and mysterious song that invites multiple interpretations and emotions.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh lover, mine
Addressing a lover who provides warmth and vitality
Keeps me warm
Expressing how the lover provides physical warmth and emotional comfort
Keeps me alive
Describing the lover as a source of vitality and inspiration
Flowers of light
A metaphor for beautiful, vivid imagery inside the mind
Behind my eyes
The imagery is internal, not external
Evil in the night
The contrast between the beauty of the imagery and the fear and horror that lurks beneath the surface
Rise, morning star
An appeal to a guiding light to help navigate the darkness the singer is facing
To the underworld
The journey through the darkness is a descent into the underworld, a symbol of death and rebirth
Across the sky
Even though the journey is dark and difficult, there is hope and possibility on the horizon
Power, I'm so tired
Acknowledging the exhaustion that comes with fighting against darkness and evil
Can't take this fight
Admitting that the singer is reaching a breaking point and needs help
Rest my friend
Turning to a friend for support, acknowledging the need for rest and restoration
We're gonna make this right
Affirming the need for justice and healing, despite the darkness that surrounds them
Flowers of light
Repeating the metaphor from earlier as a reminder of the beauty and hope that still exist
Evil in the night
Repeating the contrast between beauty and horror to emphasize the struggle the singer is facing
To keep me high
The beauty and hope provide a source of inspiration and motivation
To keep me high
Repeating the importance of hope and inspiration as a way to keep going despite the darkness
To keep me high
Repeating one final time for emphasis, as the last line of the song
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Written by: Chelsea Wolfe
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βOh lover, mine
Keeps me warm
Keeps me alive
Flowers of light
Behind my eyes
Evil in the night
Rise, morning star
To the underworld
Across the sky
Flowers of light
Behind my eyes
Evil in the night
To keep me high
Power, im so tired
Canβt take this fight
Rest my friend
Weβre gonna make it right
Flowers of light
Evil in the night
To keep me high
Flowers of light
Evil in the night
To keep me high
To keep me high
To keep me high
To keep me highβ
@lashtal
I feel that way about songs sometimes, but then realize that it just forces you to hit play AGAIN! :) ... I think it's a great song-writing technique, to purposely write a stellar part, and only make it momentary. Make the listener miss it, so they have to hear it again. Or, a similar technique: incorporate the stellar element, then do a bunch of other sounds... they forget about the beloved part, and then resurge the loved part to "return home". This establishes familiarity and makes the song catchy quicker.
What I like, is how they've been A LOT more experimental with their sound, doing A LOT of exploration; and it shows, I feel like they're able to write songs without staying in that comfortable (although winning) cookie-cutter formula.
I appreciate this song lyrically, most of all, if not for these three words alone "Flowers of Light". They associate C.W. with DARKNESS, and perhaps this is a Just association. So when C.W. speaks of LIGHT, I feel it opens whole other unexplored doors of artistic interpretation for the band visually, as far as the visual interpretation for the band is concerned. So at this point, they could play with concepts of Light, while remaining Dark As Fuck, almost mock the concept of Light, or even do so much as comment on it (whereas, I wasn't really sure if they could do that before)- or... play with a whole nother set of colours on their pallette in their visual imagery with their music videos. This way, they're not just confined to Grey, or BLACK all the time lol ...I think it'd be a trip if C.W. did a RAINBOW coloured music video. Like, a bunch of rainbow coloured vampires biting each other would be really cool. With black bats, flying on a totally white background. And then the band is playing while all of this is happening in front of them, all around them. The video ends with The Moon coming slowly over the sky, eclipsing the band and the set itself, fading out, returning to darkness. That could've been a legit music video for this song :)
It just proves the artists are succeeding when they get you to become inspired or artistically moved by their own artistry. I'll admit I'm a total C.W. swagger-jacker. Love their vibe and what they do. I just hope people are drawing, painting, sculpting, creating to the entire C.W. catalogue. I hope THIS is their art studio music.
Art Teachers: play C.W. music in your art classes :)
@lashtal
Someone said these exact words to her at the show. She took a moment to breath, and then said, "Thank you for being here with me." It was cool because it was nice seeing a fan of her music get such a positive reaction out of her like that, with that exact sentence!
Anyhow, nice work here, and nice home studio setup.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hgDwkwwPuk
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTUJjwg5CXw
C.W. fans are officially the coolest people on earth.
@jconny65
shout out to the person over at DC who thought, "yeah, chelsea wolfe would be perfect for this" 'cause they were correct
@aamertahseen881
based DC
@galeforce579
The way DC is art to Marvels caca
@yol_n
@@galeforce579 DC fans are just like Star War fans, they want to pretend the shitty movies don't exist :P
@athrocamtinian
β@@yol_n correct. this is based on a comic mini series. I wish most of those movies don't exist.
@yol_n
@@athrocamtinian finally DC fans have something concise though π
@chhristina
I would pay anything to hear a collab consisting of Chelsea Wolfe & Health
@henrydickerson9776
She's one of the hardest musicians alive today. The use of vintage images perfectly fits a perfect song. This combines sludge metal riffs with Chelsea's ethereal voice. Damn.
@calebiguess
vintage images?
@henrydickerson9776
@@calebiguess older comic book imagery and the like