Damaris
Patrick Wolf Lyrics

Black rain
The heavy and dark-colored rainfall pouring down from the clouds

Floods the downs
It inundates the low hills and slopes

Ferrets burrow
Small, furry mammals digging tunnels in the earth

Moles make mounds
Small, burrowing insects creating heaps of soil on the land surface

Round your bones
Encircled bones of a dead person buried in the ground

Deep underground
Far beneath the surface of the earth

But nobody knows
No one knows the singer's longing and sadness

Nobody knows
Once again emphasizes that no one understands the artist's love and pain

How I wait for you
The artist is passionately waiting for someone

Summer, Spring Autumn, Winter Here perishing
The seasons are changing and fading away, but the artist is still waiting

Gypsy, stray
A wandering and homeless person

Bleak orphan
A parentless and lonely individual

No one could say The land you came from
It's unclear where the person came from or their origin story

But deep in my arms You belonged
The singer felt a strong sense of love and belonging with this person

My god damned Damaris Killed with last kiss
The singer is mourning the death of someone named Damaris, who was gone with their last kiss

God damned Damaris I loved you
Despite losing Damaris, the artist still loves them deeply

Goddam these tears And this religion
The artist is angry at the impact of both their tears and their religion

Thought I was more Than just my father's son
The singer feels limited in their identity and is frustrated with being defined by their father

Who says in limbo Be where you've gone
There's an existential theme with the concept of being in between worlds or states of existence

And now I kiss I kiss the earth
The artist is mourning the loss of the person they loved by kissing the ground where they lay

Oh rise up Rise up Rise up Now From the earth
There's a desire for the lost person to come back to life and return to the world of the living

And I smash my fist Into the earth
The artist is frustrated and angry at the situation and hits the ground in an outburst of emotion

I loved you
The singer reiterates their feelings of love for the lost person

The black rain
The same force of dark and heavy rainfall mentioned previously in the song