Black Flowers
Current 93/Death In June Lyrics
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Wild flowers dying in your hair
Child of harvest time coughing up must
Black flowers' dull perfume trailing in dust
Hoisting dark pennants at the spike of that hill
Your smile started bleeding and then the mill
Shearing and sharing your love and you rage
Whilst hawk's head descending
"It isn't very good
In the middle of the wood
In the dark dark night
Where there isn't any light
It isn't very good in the dark dark wood"
"There are four comers to the world" she said
"And everyone is manned with fire and ice"
Through black glass darkly I can see her truth
Arrayed and raised and raising walls of war
She points to squares of wax and writes backwards
I veil my face from her and from her light
The pointless games she plays out for want of power
To slake her bloodlust and for sake of pain
Her ugly shapes breeding in her secret mound
The Call of Aethyrs and the Dog Star Crawl
There's one cracked bottle with no label on
She nods and gestures limply with a broken smile
"Do you fear death?" she says to me
And shows me seven stars
The seven seals of her seven years of Rose Cross madness
"Well, Christus tells us that little children suffer -
It's only tight that we should learn to suffer too!"
The first seven are red as blood
The second seven are not so red
The third seven are like whitish smoke
And all the world seemed to be in darkness
And all the world seemed to be in brightness
"There are four corners to the world" she sighs
"There are four corners to the world" she cries
"There are four corners to the world" she lies
"There are four corners to the world" she dies
The lyrics of "Black Flowers" by Current 93/Death in June/Sol Invictus are cryptic and evoke a sense of occultism and mysticism. At the beginning of the song, the singer describes a person with wildflowers in their hair, who is coughing up dust and emitting a dull perfume of black flowers. This person is also raising dark pennants on a hill, while bleeding and smiling. The lyrics then mention a hawk's head spewing out a new age, hinting at a symbol of transformation, perhaps referring to an occult doctrine. The song then changes to a child's nursery rhyme, with the lines "It isn't very good in the middle of the wood, in the dark dark night, where there isn't any light."
The song then goes back to the occult, with a woman proclaiming that there are four corners in the world, each manned with fire and ice. The singer can only see this truth darkly through black glass. The woman points to squares of wax and writes backward, and the singer veils their face from her light. She enjoys pointless games for the sake of pain and slaking her bloodlust, with her ugly shapes breeding in a secret mound. She then shows the singer seven stars, a reference to the seven seals of her seven years of Rose Cross madness. She then quotes Christus, claiming that it is only right that we should learn to suffer too.
The song then ends with the woman proclaiming that there are four corners to the world, sighing, crying, lying, and then dying. The lyrics of "Black Flowers" by Current 93/Death in June/Sol Invictus are full of symbolism and references to occultism, mysticism, and the darker side of human nature. The song is a haunting and eerie piece that creates a sense of unease in the listener, leaving them wondering about the meaning behind the lyrics.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh when I saw you standing there
Upon initial sight of you
Wild flowers dying in your hair
Flowers present in your hair losing its life
Child of harvest time coughing up must
The one born during harvest time suffers from respiratory issues
Black flowers' dull perfume trailing in dust
Perfume aroma emanated by bland black flowers scattering in dust
Hoisting dark pennants at the spike of that hill
Raising flags of foreboding as they reach a peak in the hill
Your smile started bleeding and then the mill
Blood running down the corners of your mouth as euphoria fades into melancholy
Shearing and sharing your love and you rage
Both love and angst being expressed by cutting and distributing
Whilst hawk's head descending
Just as the eagle drops its prey to the ground
Spewed out a new age
Era of change is beginning
"It isn't very good
This is not remarkable
In the middle of the wood
Within the confines of the forest
In the dark dark night
When the sky is pitch black
Where there isn't any light
In the absence of illumination
It isn't very good in the dark dark wood"
Inadequate experience in the dim woods
"There are four comers to the world" she said
She spoke of the geographical cardinal directions
"And everyone is manned with fire and ice"
All locations are guarded by both intensity and coldness
Through black glass darkly I can see her truth
I see her authenticity dimly through a tinted window
Arrayed and raised and raising walls of war
Erecting barriers of conflict both present and forthcoming
She points to squares of wax and writes backwards
Indicating hexagonal tablets with reversed inscriptions
I veil my face from her and from her light
I hide my face from her and the illumination she provides
The pointless games she plays out for want of power
The futile amusements she creates due to her need of dominance
To slake her bloodlust and for sake of pain
Satisfying her thirst for brutality and ardor for agony
Her ugly shapes breeding in her secret mound
Her unpleasant incarnations born in her clandestine chamber
The Call of Aethyrs and the Dog Star Crawl
Summoning spirits from the outer realms and Canis Major's elongated strides
There's one cracked bottle with no label on
A solitary damaged container lacking any identification
She nods and gestures limply with a broken smile
She makes idle motions with a feeble grin
"Do you fear death?" she says to me
She asks me if I am scared of dying
And shows me seven stars
She presents seven celestial objects to me
The seven seals of her seven years of Rose Cross madness
Seven marks symbolizing her seven years consumed by Rosicrucian lunacy
"Well, Christus tells us that little children suffer -
According to Christ's teachings, minors experience anguish -
It's only tight that we should learn to suffer too!"
It is proper that we are also subjected to misery!
The first seven are red as blood
The initial seven are as crimson as blood
The second seven are not so red
The subsequent seven are not as vividly red
The third seven are like whitish smoke
The third set of seven is akin to a white smoke mist
And all the world seemed to be in darkness
The entire plain appeared ensconced in dimness
And all the world seemed to be in brightness
And in the same instance, appeared as being saturated with light
"There are four corners to the world" she sighs
She expresses sorrowfully the notion of the geographic cardinals
"There are four corners to the world" she cries
She shouts out the idea of the cardinal directions
"There are four corners to the world" she lies
She falsifies a statement about the compass location
"There are four corners to the world" she dies
In her final moments, she falsely asserts the existence of the cardinal points
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Written by: H JONES
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