Eliogabalus
Devil Doll Lyrics

I dread the great winged insects
I am afraid of the large winged insects

And the cat-headed butterflies;
In particular, I find cat-headed butterflies very scary

Above all the fleshy wings
Most of all I am scared of the flapping, muscular wings

Of the birds
That some birds have

Trying to clutch me
The wings seem like they are trying to grab me

At times I thought
On occasion I believed

I was a glass bowl
That I was a bowl made of glass

And I trembled
I was shuddering all over

Fearing to be cracked
Scared that I'd break apart

Or I felt as if
At other times I felt like

I had committed
I'd done something terrible and

A horrible crime
Really terrible

(But... which one?)
(But I'm not sure which crime it was.)

Sinking off (only)
I only feel this way when night falls

Then I was in a vast garden
After this, I found myself in a huge garden

And I cut the tree in the middle
I chopped down the tree in the middle of it

"Tree of the knowledge
That tree humans were told not to eat from

Of dood and evil"
The tree which shares information on life and death.

Building a vessel
Created a ship

That I named "Narrenschiff"
And I called it "Ship of Fools"

And I sailed through
I travelled between

Black waves of clotted blood
Black, viscous liquid that resembled blood

Closing my eyes...
I closed my eyes as I was travelling.

When I opened them
On opening them up again

I was sitting on the throne
I was seated on the throne

With the terror
Feeling really scared

Of an endless hiccup
Repeatedly having a hiccup

Anxiety
Intense worry

Not to walk on the lines
Didn't want to walk on the lines of the floor

I carry on numbering things
I keep a count of things

Till I forget how many
Until I inevitably lose count

Then I start again...
At that point, I'll begin counting again

I don't give a damn
I don't care at all

For Caligula: just his horse!
Caligula and his empire don't bother me. I'd rather have his horse.

And I'm bored by
I don't find it very interesting

Julius Caesar's
All the words spoken by Julius Caesar

Thousands words
Innumerable words

To cross the rubycon only
The phrase that Caesar uttered while he was going to Rome from Gaul

"The mirror! The mirror!
"Reflecting and reflecting

The mirrored life!"
The life concealed behind the mirror

Same and adverse
Sometimes the same and sometimes opposite

The real and its stage
The real-life facing its theatrical version

Flesh and blood puppets
Organic beings being controlled like puppets

In the scene of the game
During the unfolding of the drama enacted

Bitches to power
A term used to refer to people who gain power through another's wealth or position

The army is a ballet
The military is like a choreographed dance

Empty the treasure
The idea of dispersing one's wealth in society

In everyone's hands!"
So that everyone can enjoy it

Sitting along in the empty pit
Being alone and idle

Me
I

The laughing man
The man who seems to be laughing all the time

Innocent or absurd
Either being blameless or ridiculous

Not as death
But not like dying

Living one instant
Existing in one moment

But as the planet
Being just like our planet

Diverse and deformed
With variations and imperfections

Watching the earth
Observing the world

Beyond the mirror
Through the looking glass

Now you, just you:
Right now, just you, rest of the world ignored

Child
Youth

Staring at me from the world
Watching me from the world

Built on eternal repetitions -
The very same things that repeat and repeat

Behind the mirror
On the other side of the looking glass

Crack my world from side to side
Shattering my world from one end to another

Kill me with every day
Every day making me feel dead

To walk together
To walk together with one another

Upon the sea...
No specific meaning is imparted by this line.