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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Heaven
Coil Lyrics
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Here it is again
I need to know
When I will fall in decay
Something wrong
With every plan of my life
I didn't really notice that you've been here
Dolefully desired
Destiny of a lie
Set me free
Your heaven's lie
Set me free with you love
Set me free
Oh no,
Here it is again
I need to know
Why did I choose to betray you
Something wrong
With all the plans of my life
I didn't realize that you've been here
Dolefully desired
Destiny of a lie
Set me free
Your heaven's lie
Set me free with you love
Set me free
Set me free your heaven's lie
Set me free with you love
Set me free
The song Heaven by Coil is a melancholic and introspective reflection on the uncertainty and shortcomings of life, and the search for redemption and a sense of transcendence. The opening lines of the song are a plea for knowledge of one's eventual demise and decay, expressing a sense of existential dread and anxiety. The lyrics suggest that the plans and ambitions of one's life are ultimately flawed and incomplete, and that there is a deeper, hidden truth that has been overlooked.
The motif of betrayal and regret plays a central role in the song, as the singer reflects on the choices and actions that have led to a sense of disillusionment and alienation. The phrase "Dolefully desired/Destiny of a lie" suggests a painful recognition of the discrepancy between one's hopes and dreams and the harsh reality of life. The repeated plea "Set me free" conveys a sense of entrapment and the desire for release from one's burdens and constraints, and the final lines suggest that redemption and salvation may be found through love and connection with another person.
Overall, the lyrics of Heaven evoke a deeply emotional and introspective mood, exploring themes of mortality, disillusionment, and the search for meaning in life.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh no, Here it is again
The feeling of inevitability of a recurring situation, causing worry and anxiety.
I need to know When I will fall in decay
A desire to understand the end of one's own existence or decline.
Something wrong With every plan of my life
A recognition of the flawed nature of one's own goals and aspirations.
I didn't really notice that you've been here
A realization that a higher power or force has been present, influencing events unnoticed.
Dolefully desired Destiny of a lie
A longing for a future or outcome that is built on falsehoods, leading to disappointment and sadness.
Set me free Your heaven's lie
A plea to be released from the false promises or illusions of a higher power.
Set me free with you love Set me free
A belief that true freedom and liberation can only be found through love and connection.
Why did I choose to betray you
Regret and self-doubt about decisions that have caused harm or disappointment to a higher power or to oneself.
Set me free your heaven's lie
A repeated plea for liberation from the falsehoods of an idealized afterlife or paradise.
Set me free with you love
A belief that true freedom and liberation can only be found through love and connection.
Set me free
A final plea for release from the constraints and illusions of a higher power.
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yuri silve
There's blood in the sun
There's blood in the sun
But I'm not afraid
I cut myself
With Heaven's blade
Inside the wound I found my wings
And walked away from this human skin
I asked the earth to open up the sky
I asked the earth to open up the sky
To get inside and live with me for life
I stand before the sun
Rise up and see the shape of things to come
It's all the same, it's all the same, it's all the same
It's all the same, it's all the same, it's all the same
Just cut yourself
Just cut yourself
Just cut yourself
Just cut yourself
With Heaven's blade
Just cut yourself
With Heaven's blade
Just cut yourself
With Heaven's blade
With Heaven's blade
With Heaven's blade
quantum.
I hope that most of Coil's music gets more than a million views in the future, they honestly deserve it.
Nayr Tnartsipac
Half of them are dead
quantum.
@Nayr Tnartsipac Both founding band members are dead...
Colin Russell
It'll happen. The future's a long time.
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I love the low quality drum beat it sounds really cool
Michael Charles Perna II
The wobble effect on his voice when he says "live with me for life" gives me chills.
foxugiso
2:33 I swear to god i've heard that melody somewhere else before i even heard anything by Coil and it's driving me crazy trying to remember
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3:50 until the end, chills in my heart area
yuri silve
There's blood in the sun
There's blood in the sun
But I'm not afraid
I cut myself
With Heaven's blade
Inside the wound I found my wings
And walked away from this human skin
I asked the earth to open up the sky
I asked the earth to open up the sky
To get inside and live with me for life
I stand before the sun
Rise up and see the shape of things to come
It's all the same, it's all the same, it's all the same
It's all the same, it's all the same, it's all the same
Just cut yourself
Just cut yourself
Just cut yourself
Just cut yourself
With Heaven's blade
Just cut yourself
With Heaven's blade
Just cut yourself
With Heaven's blade
With Heaven's blade
With Heaven's blade
Lulu
I've been listening to this, "Slur" and "Ostia(Death of Pasolini)" non stop now... might have something wrong with me.