Line Up:
José Miguel Vázquez - Bass Guitar
Hector "Mawie" Cruz - Drums
Joel Carrasquillo - Guitars
Erico "La Bestia" Morales - Vocals
Dennis Torres - Guitars
Discography:
Dantesco - Demo, 2004
De la Mano de la Muerte - Full-length, 2005
Pagano - Full-length, 2008
We Don't Fear Your God - Demo, 2009
The Ten Commandments Of Metal - Full-length, 2010
Seven Years of Battles - Full-length, 2011
We Don't Fear Your God - Full-length, 2013
Venancio - Full-length, 2015
Los hijos de la muerte - Compilation, 2016
El Día que murieron los dioses - Full-length, 2021
Pavor nocturnus
Dantesco Lyrics
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Corazón?
¿Por que no te logra Morfeo
Acariciar?
Son sanguijuelas saciadas de tu
Temor
Deseo de que la noche no vuelva
Jamás
Un abismo
Esa la oscuridad
Tu lecho parece estar cubierto de
Espinas
-En la noche-
Un paño en tu rostro que no te deja
Respirar
-Por la noche-
Hipnos no llega...mas los ostros
Hijos de Nicta
-Es la noche-
Hemera se esconde y tanato te
Viene a buscar
-Esta noche-
Los visitantes nocturnos
Te vienen a enloquecer
Con las torturas de su mundo
Hasta que llegue el amanecer
Victima de los demonios
Que salen a festejar
Tu habitación, el manicomio
Donde la luz es sanidad
Y no logras encontrar la
Salida
Al edén...de la claridad
Y no puedes sanar tus heridas
Del puñal de la oscuridad
Oh! Como siento morir entre
Tinieblas
-En la noche-
Ruego a todo los dioses que
¡El día llegue ya!
-No la noche-
De la penumbra demonios, que
Me contemplan
-Esta noche-
Se burlan, ya que aunque
Amanezca... ¡ellos volverán!
-Por la noche-
The lyrics to Dantesco's song "Pavor Nocturnus" delve into the fear and torment that can come with the darkness of night. The song begins by asking what sort of fears are hidden in the listener's heart, and why they cannot be soothed by the god of sleep, Morpheus. The darkness is described as an abyss, and the listener's bed is covered in thorns. They seem to be suffocating under a cloth over their face, and cannot breathe. The god of sleep does not come, but other "children" of the night do – perhaps demons or ghosts. Hemera, the goddess of daytime, is hiding, and Thanatos, the god of death, seems to be on his way.
The chorus details how the "nocturnal visitors" come to drive the listener insane, torturing them with the horrors of their world until the dawn arrives. The room becomes a hospital where light is the only cure, but the listener cannot find their way out of the darkness. They are wounded by the "dagger" of the night and long for daylight. The second verse is a repetition of the first, and the song ends by saying that even if dawn does come, the demons of the night will return.
Overall, the lyrics paint a picture of someone trapped in their own fears and unable to escape the darkness that surrounds them. The use of mythological figures gives the song a haunting, otherworldly quality, and the repetition of the chorus emphasizes the ever-present threat of the night.
Line by Line Meaning
¿Que temores guardas en tu
Corazón?
What fears do you keep in your heart?
¿Por que no te logra Morfeo
Acariciar?
Why can't Morpheus caress you?
Son sanguijuelas saciadas de tu
Temor
They are leeches satiated with your fear
Deseo de que la noche no vuelva
Jamás
Desire for the night to never come back
Un abismo
Esa la oscuridad
An abyss, that's the darkness
Tu lecho parece estar cubierto de
Espinas
-En la noche-
Your bed seems to be covered in thorns - at night
Un paño en tu rostro que no te deja
Respirar
-Por la noche-
A cloth on your face that doesn't let you breathe - at night
Hipnos no llega...mas los ostros
Hijos de Nicta
-Es la noche-
Hypnos doesn't arrive, but the other children of Nyx do - it's night
Hemera se esconde y tanato te
Viene a buscar
-Esta noche-
Hemera hides and Thanatos comes looking for you - tonight
Los visitantes nocturnos
Te vienen a enloquecer
Con las torturas de su mundo
Hasta que llegue el amanecer
The nocturnal visitors come to drive you crazy with the tortures of their world until dawn arrives
Victima de los demonios
Que salen a festejar
Tu habitación, el manicomio
Donde la luz es sanidad
Victim of the demons who come out to celebrate, your room is the asylum where light is sanity
Y no logras encontrar la
Salida
Al edén...de la claridad
And you can't find the way out to the Eden...of clarity
Y no puedes sanar tus heridas
Del puñal de la oscuridad
And you can't heal your wounds from the dagger of darkness
Oh! Como siento morir entre
Tinieblas
-En la noche-
Oh! How I feel like dying among shadows - at night
Ruego a todo los dioses que
¡El día llegue ya!
-No la noche-
I pray to all gods that the day comes already! - not the night
De la penumbra demonios, que
Me contemplan
-Esta noche-
From the half-light, demons who contemplate me - tonight
Se burlan, ya que aunque
Amanezca... ¡ellos volverán!
-Por la noche-
They mock me, because even though it's dawn...they will return! - at night
Contributed by Sarah K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Nicklas Trejo
Excelente letra, gran voz y magnífica portada, simplemente me encanta, es hermosa. "Los visitantes nocturnos, te vienen a enloquecer, con las torturas de su mundo...Hasta que llegue el amanecer" Verga esta estrofa, saludos desde México a PR.