Iron Moon
Chelsea Wolfe Lyrics
a dead sun, a pale glow
upon the walls i feign to know
we bear no fruit, no flowers, no life
and we get sick but never die
become an echo
resounding "let go"
my heart is a tomb
my heart is an empty room
i've given it away
i never want to see it again
in bed awake with shadow beings
they crawl inside and wait with me
the creatures here become machines
walk with me to a place of trust
death will no longer silence us
my heart is a tomb
my heart is an empty room
i've given it away
i never want to see it again
and all your words could save me
but keep your love away from me
in all the worlds decaying
is there place that's safe for us?
my heart is a tomb
my heart is an empty room
i've given it away
i've swallowed the iron moon
moon, moon
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Chelsea Joy Wolfe (born November 14, 1983 in Roseville, California, U.S.) is an American singer/songwriter and eponymous full band started in 2009 out of Los Angeles, California Her style has been described as "doom folk" and her music has been described as "a specific brand of drone-metal-art-folk."
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. Read Full BioChelsea Joy Wolfe (born November 14, 1983 in Roseville, California, U.S.) is an American singer/songwriter and eponymous full band started in 2009 out of Los Angeles, California Her style has been described as "doom folk" and her music has been described as "a specific brand of drone-metal-art-folk."
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 Brooklyn’s Pendu Sound Recordings; Ἀποκάλυψις (pronounced “Apokalypsis”), which was released as a 12” 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.
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. Read Full BioChelsea Joy Wolfe (born November 14, 1983 in Roseville, California, U.S.) is an American singer/songwriter and eponymous full band started in 2009 out of Los Angeles, California Her style has been described as "doom folk" and her music has been described as "a specific brand of drone-metal-art-folk."
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 Brooklyn’s Pendu Sound Recordings; Ἀποκάλυψις (pronounced “Apokalypsis”), which was released as a 12” 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.
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Chatise's Corner
"Iron Moon"
A dead sun, a pale glow
Upon the walls I feign to know
We bear no fruit, no flowers, no life
And we get sick but never die
Become an echo
Resounding “let go”
My heart is a tomb
My heart is an empty room
I've given it away
I never want to see it again
I go to him in paths of dreams
In bed awake with shadow beings
They crawl inside and wait with me
The creatures here become machines
Walk with me to a place of trust
Death will no longer silence us
My heart is a tomb
My heart is an empty room
I've given it away
I never want to see it again
And all your words could save me
But keep your love away from me
In all the world's decaying
Is there a place that’s safe for us?
My heart is a tomb
My heart is an empty room
I've given it away
I've swallowed the iron moon
Moon, moon
Ayesha Shahid
Lyrics
A dead sun, a pale glow
Upon the walls I feign to know
We bear no fruit, no flowers, no life
And we get sick but never die
Become an echo
Resounding "let go"
My heart is a tomb
My heart is an empty room
I've given it away
I never want to see it again
I go to him in paths of dreams
In bed awake with shadow beings
They crawl inside and wait with me
The creatures here become machines
Walk with me to a place of trust
Death will no longer silence us
My heart is a tomb
My heart is an empty room
I've given it away
I never want to see it again
And all your words could save me
But keep your love away from me
In all the worlds decaying
Is there place that's safe for us?
My heart is a tomb
My heart is an empty room
I've given it away
I've swallowed the iron moon
Moon, moon
Ksianth
This song is about Xu Lizhi, a young Chinese worker who ended his life back in 2014. During his short lifetime, he wrote some wondrous poems. The poems were about the hard and unforgiving lives of the workers. The song's name is a reference to one of his poems: "I swallowed a Moon Made of Iron"
He was born only two weeks after I came to this world and while I was living an easy life my parents provided me, he lived in the shadows of factories, enslaved by corporations blinded by avarice. He was a beautiful person in a fucked up world.
Ksianth
@Steve C Yeah that's what it's about, read the interview:
https://www.totallystockholm.se/into-the-abyss-an-interview-with-chelsea-wolfe/
Steve C
No, that's not what it about. Read the lyrics.
dagonn3
I see you blame corporations, but not the consumers who make them so powerful. Or the CCP who gladly offers slave labor to the world's corporations.
Johnny R
Fuck yeah he needs to be more known, I was gonna post this but you did far before I did. Thank you
Andy Skeels
Holy fuck.. Poem of Shame..
That's fucking heavy.
Seannie Coulter
The last part sounds like thousands of people screaming in agony, it never fails to raise the hairs on my neck and cry involuntarily like a baby. One of the best songs ever. What a touching homage to the Foxconn employees.
keir farnum
@Lavender Gilly
See the comment above Seannie’s. The song is about a Chinese poet who live in industrial hell and dies early because of it.
Lavender Gilly
What happened to them?
Chatise's Corner
"Iron Moon"
A dead sun, a pale glow
Upon the walls I feign to know
We bear no fruit, no flowers, no life
And we get sick but never die
Become an echo
Resounding “let go”
My heart is a tomb
My heart is an empty room
I've given it away
I never want to see it again
I go to him in paths of dreams
In bed awake with shadow beings
They crawl inside and wait with me
The creatures here become machines
Walk with me to a place of trust
Death will no longer silence us
My heart is a tomb
My heart is an empty room
I've given it away
I never want to see it again
And all your words could save me
But keep your love away from me
In all the world's decaying
Is there a place that’s safe for us?
My heart is a tomb
My heart is an empty room
I've given it away
I've swallowed the iron moon
Moon, moon