Vomito Negro already took off way ba… Read Full Bio ↴VOMITO NEGRO are from Belgium.
Vomito Negro already took off way back in 1983, and over the past decades they established a name for themselves as uncompromising aural architects, combining power with emotion, electro with vision.
Vomito Negro is Latin for “black vomit”, a phenomenon that arises in the last stage of the disease yellow fever, when the patient throws up his putrefied intestines and ultimately dies. Macabre? One might consider Vomito Negro's interest in the darker side of the human condition as unhealthy, but in fact it’s fueled by a desire to cope with and to understand life (and consequently, death) as we know it. Vomito Negro handles their topics with grim sarcasm and/or penetrating personal involvement; under the surface however, they give way to a message of redemption, passion and purification.
From the start on, flexibility and diversity is one of Vomito Negro's major qualities. Vomito Negro is never content with a certain formula: their musical approach, essentially based on the European “Industrialist” tradition of the early eighties, takes a different angle with every record. Vomito Negro established to be one of the most important Industrial European bands of 80’s & early 90’s and built up a great following since.
Then, after numerous successful releases like 'Shock', Human' & 'The New Drug' (to name a few) and discontent with the result of their last studio album ‘Fireball’, Gin Devo decided to put Vomito Negro aside for a while and to invest all his energy and creativity in his new project called Pressure Control and released the debut album ‘Vamp’ (Daft Records ). Guy Van Mieghem sold his studio equipment and stopped all his musical activities since …Vomito Negro went into a sleep mode…
In 2008 Gin Devo decided the time was ripe to re-animate the sleeping beast Vomito Negro. After asking BORG, who already was a member of Pressure Control, to join the band, the duo worked hard on a new VOMITO NEGRO album during 2009.
The new album SKULL & BONES was released by Out Of Line on January 22nd 2010 and got massive positive critics around the world even reached the 3rd position in the German Alternative Album Charts.
Obsession
Vomito Negro Lyrics
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A bread of life, a plea for sin
Your naked body, you're weak in will
No, no fear, the ultimate sin
Obsession, show me the way
Obsession, no reason to stay
Obsession, you set me on fire
Como eres, where's your skin?
A stranger out and a stranger in
The plea for truth, for the ultimate sin
A scattered body and a useless will
Obsession, show me the way
Obsession, no reason to stay
Obsession, you set me on fire
Obsession, you're my desire
The lyrics to Vomito Negro's song "Obsession" depict a person consumed by desire and lust. The imagery of a knife and naked body suggests a sense of danger and vulnerability, while the lines "A bread of life, a plea for sin" and "The plea for truth, for the ultimate sin" suggest a desire for something forbidden or taboo. The repeated refrain of "Obsession, show me the way" suggests an almost religious fervor in the pursuit of this desire.
The use of the phrase "Como eres" (which means "How are you?" in Spanish) in the second verse may suggest a shift in perspective, from addressing the object of desire to addressing the self. The line "A stranger out and a stranger in" implies a feeling of disconnection or detachment, while "A scattered body and a useless will" suggests a loss of control or agency.
Overall, the lyrics of "Obsession" portray a dark, erotic, and potentially dangerous obsession with desire that consumes the singer.
Line by Line Meaning
There is the knife, where's your skin?
Pointing out the presence of a knife, where your skin is not; suggesting self-harm or violence
A bread of life, a plea for sin
A paradoxical statement about seeking both purity and sin; a desire for a forbidden fruit
Your naked body, you're weak in will
A sense of vulnerability and lack of control over oneself, possibly a reference to addiction
No, no fear, the ultimate sin
Fearlessness towards committing a grave sin, possibly suggesting a reckless, self-destructive behavior
Obsession, show me the way
A plea to the object of obsession to guide the way, suggesting a dependence on it
Obsession, no reason to stay
Acknowledging the irrationality of the obsession but unable to let go
Obsession, you set me on fire
Describing the overwhelming intensity of the obsession and its ability to consume entirely
Obsession, you're my desire
Acknowledging the object of obsession as the sole focus of desire, even if it meant destruction
Como eres, where's your skin?
Asking 'how you are' while also referencing the presence of a knife and lack of skin, suggesting a self-destructive state of being
A stranger out and a stranger in
Feeling disconnected from oneself and others, possibly due to an obsession or addiction
The plea for truth, for the ultimate sin
A desire for truth in a situation involving a forbidden pleasure, suggesting inner conflict
A scattered body and a useless will
Feeling fragmented and helpless against the power of the obsession or addiction
Contributed by Lily M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.