Det Svartner Paa Likbleik Hud
Djevel Lyrics
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Jammer i det svarte fjeld hoerer ingen
De er ikke lenger til for at hoeres
Vi er ikke lenger her for at lytte
Mann og kone dingler fra hesterygg
De gnager som ville beist
Langs stien gaar ingen
De danser det lyset stanser
Paa krok hales bare fæle beist
Menneskene flygter til skogs og slaktes paa fjeldet
Sopes i afgrunden hylende skjelvende
Hvem er denne frimme gamle hæks
Som gaar saa ivrig til verks
Dalen fyldes aldrig opp til tross
For at selvet livet naa har gitt opp
Det svartner paa likbleik hud
The lyrics to Djevel's song "Det Svartner Paa Likbleik Hud" (translated to "Darkness Descends on Pale Skin") paint a dark and disturbing picture. The song begins by describing a desolate and silent landscape, where the cries and sorrows of the black mountain are unheard. It suggests that there are no longer any living beings present to listen to these sounds, as if the world has become devoid of life and meaning.
The lyrics then shift to a scene where a man and a woman hang from a horse's back, depicted as gnawing like wild beasts. No one walks along the path anymore, and instead, they dance when the light stops. The haunting atmosphere extends to the water and the sea, where apparitions and horrifying creatures reside. Only dreadful creatures are caught on hooks, while humans flee to the woods and are slaughtered in the mountains. They are swept into the abyss, trembling and howling.
Line by Line Meaning
Hoer lyden av intet
Listen to the sound of nothingness
Jammer i det svarte fjeld hoerer ingen
Lament in the black mountain, no one hears
De er ikke lenger til for at hoeres
They are no longer here to be heard
Vi er ikke lenger her for at lytte
We are no longer here to listen
Mann og kone dingler fra hesterygg
Man and wife dangle from horse's back
De gnager som ville beist
They gnaw like wild beasts
Langs stien gaar ingen
No one walks along the path
De danser det lyset stanser
They dance where the light stops
Det spoeker i vannet og havet naa
Ghosts haunt the water and the sea now
Paa krok hales bare fæle beist
On hooks, only dreadful beasts are pulled
Menneskene flygter til skogs og slaktes paa fjeldet
People flee to the woods and are slaughtered on the mountain
Sopes i afgrunden hylende skjelvende
Swept into the abyss, howling and trembling
Hvem er denne frimme gamle hæks
Who is this free-spirited old witch
Som gaar saa ivrig til verks
Who goes so eagerly to work
Dalen fyldes aldrig opp til tross
The valley never fills up despite
For at selvet livet naa har gitt opp
The self has given up on life
Det svartner paa likbleik hud
It darkens on pale lifeless skin
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