Coil spent the next period of its existence exploring visual media. In late 1984 they recorded a rendition of Tainted Love (originally recorded by Gloria Jones, but made popular by Soft Cell in the 80s), producing a widely banned, hallucinogenic video clip featuring Marc Almond as the Angel of Death; despite considerable controversy at home, the video ultimately found its way to the archives of the Museum of Modern Art. After spending several years working with filmmaker Derek Jarman on the feature The Angelic Conversation, Coil issued a remixed edition of their soundtrack. Following 1986’s Nightmare Culture, a collaboration with Boyd Rice produced as split release with Current 93, Christopherson and Balance invited Stephen Thrower to join the group in a full-time capacity. As a trio, they recorded 1986’s LP Horse Rotorvator, introducing orchestral, jazz, and middle Eastern textures into the mix; this album included The Anal Staircase.
In 1987, Coil issued The Unreleased Themes for Hellraiser, a collection of atmospheric gothic instrumentals commissioned for but ultimately cut from the Clive Barker horror film, followed by compilation album Gold Is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders), a remixed history of the group’s first several years of work. Unnatural History, another career overview, effectively ended the first phase of the band’s career in 1990; when Coil resurfaced a year later with Love’s Secret Domain, their music reflected the strong influence of the acid house culture. Another long layoff brought on by financial difficulties ended in 1995, when the group - now consisting of Sleazy, Balance, and Drew McDowell - signed to Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor’s Nothing Records to release Backwards, an album which was never officially released, although it is available in a number of bootleg versions. Additionally, they recorded the LP Worship the Glitch, issued under the name ELpH, and in 1996 cut A Thousand Lights in a Darkened Room as Black Light District.
1998 marked a significant stylistic shift for Coil, as the group moved away from the industrial dance sound they pioneered in the first half of their career towards what Balance referred to as "Moon Musick". This began with the release of four seasonal EPs throughout that year, coinciding with the equinoxes and solstices; this marked the group making further forays into ambient and neoclassical styles. Lyrically, there was a push towards naturalistic, pagan imagery, and an emphasis on free form, improvisatory chants. All four of these releases were later collected and released as Moons Milk (in Four Phases) in 2002. Coil also put out a purely drone based project, Time Machines, under that alias the same year.
In 1999 Coil started to work with Thighpaulsandra, and with him released the chilling Musick to Play in the Dark, a dark, meditative work featuring mostly intoned vocals from Balance, and exploring deeper electronic textures and pitches. A second volume followed in 2000. After years of refusal to do so, Coil started to perform live again in 1999. They released a number of albums containing the various shows they did in the period 2000 - 2004. Coil have released a lot of material in very limited editions, and have distributed certain records only at concerts. In 2003 they started a project to re-issue these tracks. Amidst their sporadic touring, and growing internal tensions within the group, Black Antlers was released in 2004, consisting of many of the songs played in concert at the time. This would prove to be the last studio recording put out in Balance's lifetime.
Jhonn Balance’s long-time struggle with alcoholism led to his death on 13th November, 2004. He fell from the second floor window at his home, while drunk, and died a short time after. Coil’s last live performance took place at Dublin’s City Hall on 23 October 2004 and is expected to appear on the forthcoming DVD box set “Colour Sound Oblivion”. A number of songs that were (as good as) ready were released in autumn 2005 as a last farewell to Jhonn.
Peter Christopherson passed away peacefully in his sleep on November 25, 2010. Instead of sending flowers in memory of Peter Christopherson, people were asked to donate money to help children affected by AIDS in Thailand, the country he loved and died in.
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Are You Shivering?
Coil Lyrics
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Are you bathed in silver or drowned in gold?
This dream's a vitality
With filaments as fine as a spider's web
Pour through your mouth
That pour through your mouth
O river of silver, O river of flowers
I lie down and shiver in your silver river
Our life has grown weary
The stars have grown old
Are you still shivering?
Are you still cold?
Are you loathsome tonight?
Does your madness shine bright?
Are you loathsome tonight?
In the oceans of the moon
Swimming squidlike and squalid
This bright moon is a liquid
The dark earth is a solid
This is moon music in the light of the moon
The lyrics of Coil's song "Are You Shivering?" evoke a feeling of existential uncertainty and a search for meaning. The opening lines pose questions to the listener, asking if they are cold and whether they find themselves bathed in silver or drowned in gold. The dreamlike quality of the lyrics is reinforced through the image of fine filaments that pour through the mouth like a river, creating a sense of fluidity and otherworldliness. The repeated line "Are you still shivering? Are you still cold?" suggests a persistent sense of unease and discomfort in the face of life's mysteries, while the final lines reflect a sense of detachment from earthly reality as the singer imagines themselves swimming squidlike in the oceans of the moon.
Line by Line Meaning
Are you shivering? Are you cold?
Do you feel a chill?
Are you bathed in silver or drowned in gold?
Are you surrounded by wealth or drowning in it?
This dream's a vitality
This dream is full of life
With filaments as fine as a spider's web
With delicate threads as fine as spider silk
Pour through your mouth
Flow out of your mouth
That pour through your mouth
That continue to flow out of your mouth
O river of silver, O river of flowers
Oh, silver river, oh, floral river
I lie down and shiver in your silver river
I lay down and tremble in your floral river
Out drips the last drop of this vital fluid
The last drop of life drips out
Our life has grown weary
Our life has become exhausted
The stars have grown old
The stars have aged
Are you still shivering? Are you still cold?
Are you still feeling the same chill?
Are you loathsome tonight?
Are you repulsive or hateful tonight?
Does your madness shine bright?
Is your insanity especially prominent?
Are you loathsome tonight?
Are you repulsive or hateful tonight?
In the oceans of the moon
In the Moon's oceans
Swimming squidlike and squalid
Swimming like squid in a dirty, unsanitary way
This bright moon is a liquid
The bright moon appears liquid-like
The dark earth is a solid
The dark earth is a solid object
This is moon music in the light of the moon
This is music inspired by the Moon in the Moonlight
Contributed by Amelia C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@marikoth
This is moon musick
@deathbag96
hey I know dis dude
@marikoth
@@deathbag96 😳
@nuxx1876
IN THE [[Light of the moon]]
@cyklotymik
I was always a guitar guy, listening to rock, punk and metal. But this track changed it all.
Whenever I meet up with my friends I always talk about Coil and how Coil changed my life. Some of them, got it , but most of them they don't.
@sirsancti5504
Yeah! Spread the word! You are the new Messiah, telling people ehat they like!
@navigator_g
Oh no, a Coil's advocate
@nakedfordinner
@@sirsancti5504 are you ok?
@hamblok0
If you guys remastered and rereleased the whole Coil discography I would be forever grateful (and I'd also buy every single one on vinyl)
@ewignichjesehn
their uncompromising hypnotic ways to trigger the deepest layers of the psyche live on and are still seldom matched. some people just express what they have to, no matter what.