Black Wedding
In This Moment Lyrics

Priest are you there?
Asking whether the priest is present and listening

Can you hear my voice?
Asking if the priest can hear what is being said

Do you hear my prayers?
Asking if the priest can hear the prayers being offered

Are you out there?
Asking if the priest is available and responsive

Forgive me priest
Asking the priest's forgiveness for past sins

For I have sinned (I know not what I do)
Admitting to having sinned without a clear understanding of the consequences

Mother I am here, I can hear your song
Acknowledging the mother's presence and hearing her message

I can feel your fear, he's done you wrong
Understanding and empathizing with the mother's fear and recognizing the abusive partner

Temptation fed, his own desires
Describing how the abusive partner has been indulging in temptation for his own satisfaction

In the ring of fire (in the ring of fire)
Referencing the internal turmoil and pain being experienced

Tonight
Starting a new thought, indicating a change in the situation

I would've loved you for a thousand years
Expressing the depth and longevity of one's affection

I would've died for you
Suggesting a willingness to make a supreme sacrifice for the beloved

I would've sacrificed it all my dear
Emphasizing the extent of the devotion and a willingness to give up everything for the beloved

I would've bled for you
Stating the willingness to suffer for the beloved

'Til death do us part You were unholy right from the start
Acknowledging the unholy nature of the partnership and its inherent failure

It's a nice night for a black wedding
Using irony to describe the dark and foreboding situation

Yeah it's a nice night for a black wedding
Repeating and emphasizing the irony

I heard your cry and I just knew
Responding to the mother's call and sensing the distress

I never meant to forsake you
Apologizing for any perceived abandonment and asserting continued support

Mother there's no reason to repent (You know not what you do)
Assuring the mother that she is not at fault and should not feel guilty

I heard the bells and I just knew
Referring to the church bells signaling a death or funeral

An angel once, now a ghost of you
Describing the transformation from a pure, heavenly being to a haunting and troubled one

Deliver me from my own desires From my ring of fire (the ring of fire)
Asking for divine intervention to overcome personal temptations and struggles

Nice night for a black wedding
Reiterating the earlier irony

Come on!
Encouraging or exhorting the listener to take action

In my name shall they cast out demons
Quoting a passage from the Bible that speaks of the power of faith and belief

They shall speak in new tongues They shall take up serpents And if they drink any deadly poison It shall in no wise hurt them They shall lay hands on the sick And they shall recover
Describing miraculous powers that will come to believers and their ability to heal and protect themselves

The serpent is only brought into the Holy Sanctum And only handled If the Holy Ghost Of the Holy Spirit Speak directly to the Disciple
Providing a symbolic explanation of the use of serpents in religious rites and the necessary conditions for their handling