Nocturno
Infamy Lyrics


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Dari debu daun membisu, logam buram mati bergegas
Suara malam membayang sayup, lusuh dibusukan waktu
Penunggang mimpi, binatang sakit gelap buas
Tuhan menyala pandir, buram dalam jemari berbatu

Aku jatuh diatas arus berbuih gelap
Diatas debu berlumur darah
Cahaya muka garis derita, menggenggam tanpa nyawa
Aksara mati lumuri jiwa, rahasia jelaga putih
Pemusnah cermin dahaga, dari dusta berlumurkan derita
Takdir menggepak derita, binar-binar mati bergegas

Jiwaku telah pilu dalam tidur berpeluh
Merangkak berhari-hari ditanah berkabut

Saung kulit mengering berbau belerang, pintu hati menakutkan
Tangis terburai malu, lengas jatuh luruh bersimpuh

Terperosok gelap bumi, lekat waris bunga kesialan
Mencari, mabuk kepedihan, terbakar lusuh

Ku berlari dalam sungai yang ditakdirkan
Menelan air mata ibu jari yang terluka

Aku terjaga, tak berakal, ku tak tahu
Takdir kusilang dalam pusaran gelombang
Kaki, hati dan bayangku menangis kaku
Kematian ketuk tulang belulang





Aku berlari dalam sungai yang ditakdirkan
Menelan air mata ibu jari, yang terluka

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Infamy's song Nocturno depict a sense of darkness and despair. The first two lines set the tone as they seem to describe a lifeless, silent environment where everything is decaying and corrupted. The next lines introduce the concept of dream-riding and animalism, as though it's a way of coping with the bleakness of their surroundings. The mention of God holding a light in one hand while the other is rocky and dark adds a sense of duality, as if there is both light and darkness present.


The next stanza further explores the themes of suffering and death, with the mention of blood and lifeless limbs. The following lines diverge into a more abstract depiction of death and the afterlife, as the light of the face holds the pain and the letter of the dead paint the soul white. The line about a thirst-quencher for the drought of suffering expresses a desire for an end to pain, and possibly being deceived as a result. The last line, "dancing light in a hurry to die" adds further imagery of the fleeting nature of life and the inevitability of death.


Throughout the song, there are mentions of crawling and running towards an unknown destination, possibly to escape the current state of being or to embrace a new one. The lyrics are left somewhat open to interpretation, but they seem to convey a sense of hopelessness and a yearning for something more.


Line by Line Meaning

Dari debu daun membisu, logam buram mati bergegas
The silent leaves of dust, rusted metal in a rush towards death


Suara malam membayang sayup, lusuh dibusukan waktu
The faint shadow of the night, worn out by time's decay


Penunggang mimpi, binatang sakit gelap buas
Riders of dreams, wild and dark beasts writhing in pain


Tuhan menyala pandir, buram dalam jemari berbatu
God ignites the candle, dimly shining in rocky hands


Aku jatuh diatas arus berbuih gelap
I fall on the frothy current of darkness


Diatas debu berlumur darah
Covered in bloodstained dust


Cahaya muka garis derita, menggenggam tanpa nyawa
The light of suffering, holding onto nothingness


Aksara mati lumuri jiwa, rahasia jelaga putih
Dead letters smear the soul, the secret of white ash


Pemusnah cermin dahaga, dari dusta berlumurkan derita
Destroyer of the thirsting mirror, covered in the dust of pain


Takdir menggepak derita, binar-binar mati bergegas
Fate flaps its wings of suffering, the flickering of death in a hurry


Jiwaku telah pilu dalam tidur berpeluh
My soul is weary in a sweaty sleep


Merangkak berhari-hari ditanah berkabut
Crawling for days on misty ground


Saung kulit mengering berbau belerang, pintu hati menakutkan
A dried out, sulfuric hut, the door of the heart is frightening


Tangis terburai malu, lengas jatuh luruh bersimpuh
Tears spread in shame, drops falling down on their knees


Terperosok gelap bumi, lekat waris bunga kesialan
Sunk in the dark earth, inherited the legacy of the flower of misfortune


Mencari, mabuk kepedihan, terbakar lusuh
Searching, intoxicated with pain, burning out


Ku berlari dalam sungai yang ditakdirkan
I run in the destined river


Menelan air mata ibu jari yang terluka
Swallowing the tears of a wounded thumb


Aku terjaga, tak berakal, ku tak tahu
I awaken, senseless, I don't know


Takdir kusilang dalam pusaran gelombang
Fate crosses me in a whirlpool


Kaki, hati dan bayangku menangis kaku
My feet, heart and shadow cry stiffly


Kematian ketuk tulang belulang
Death knocks on bones




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