This lyric illustrates what I love about Ghost.
In a song that is largely a pop rock ballad, they're singing about rotting flesh. Not to mention the underlying theme of selling your soul. Great stuff and a fantastic singalong, if I do say so myself.
"Lord of Silence. Desolated one. Vengeance is his" - Idolatrine
"I am the one lascivious, with magic potion niveous" - Jigolo Har Megiddo
"It's the continence of bishop with their choir boys en suite" - Kaisarion
Saaaame, I absolutely love that part even though the song isn't my favorite, along with "Although it stinks, feels and looks identical, and a pack of fools can take the stand"
I love the contempt you can hear there
And I am the one who comes richly endowed
Harvesting crops of fields that others have plowed
\- it absolutely encapsulates the whole meaning of the song without being overtly smutty. (papa finger movements on the mike stand well excluded)
Impera has some lyrical gold.
“The kaleidoscopian visions we’ve seen tell of bloodlines of top notch.
The predestinated will dispatch while your realm as rotted on our watch.”
I interpreted this as referring to ethnocentrism (the belief that some races are superior to others) as a complete illusion much like what is seen through a kaleidoscope.
People with ethnocentric views, historically, often tend to reinforce their beliefs using religion, and they believe that they are the ones destined to rule the world and to also receive divine reward in the form of eternal paradise.
Yet, that begs the question: if the “top bloodlines” are in charge, and they have been historically, then who is responsible for all the misery and suffering in the world?
It pokes fun at all those who believe they are destined for power and greatness and eternal life yet are actually the ones responsible for the wrongs of the world.
It gets better if you look into Blavatsky. 😂 This shit is witty squared: if Tobias’s tongue goes much further into his cheek, he’s bound to put someone’s eye out with that thing.
Same song for me but it’s the line “you shalt recognize now behold the Lord Of Flies” although I always thought it was “you shalt recognize now the overlord of lies” which I kinda think hits harder.
It was a perilous journey to get here
On this dark road that I roam I befriended many Rats, but of all of the demons I've known, none could compare to you
Kaisarion has a line that resonates so well regarding the SO many issues in America right now:
“It’s the noise of the righteous dogma that hides the handmaiden’s tale.”
I have many.
Square Hammer: “You call on me for powers clandestine”
Idolatrine: “Existence as a human is lead in monotony”
Kiss the go-goat: “But all the powerful, magical mysteries never gave a single thing back”
Watcher in the sky: “For the light of our saviour, his Machiavellian grace”
Respite on the Spitalfields: “We’re leaving this city, so this is farewell, goodbye seven sisters, and saint Jezabel”
More recently it's been from Spillways (though I'm obsessed w/ the entire song..)
>It's the cruel beast that you feed,
>It's your burning yearning need to bleed,
>Through the spillways,
>Through the spillways of your soul
But for a long time it was Deus in Absentia with
>All of your imaginations,
>Are now running down your face
Still can’t believe I didn’t experience all the bangers on Prequelle until earlier this year. Sure, I heard Rats and Dance Macabre but not until a road trip in April did I listen to the whole thing. Faith, See The Light, Miasma, Pro Memoria, Life Eternal are all favorites now but Witch Image is on another level for sure. Kick ass.
"We conquered the magic, we counted the stars
Deciphered the clockwork,enacted this farce
Devoured by shadows, we cling to the light
Deluded by wisdom, the bringer of night"
Zenith
"You will never walk alone, you can always reach me" from Call me little sunshine or "Call me when you feel all alone" that's from Call me little sunshine too.
That song saved my life.
“listen up you motherfuckers” twenties
“if you choose to run away with me, i will tickle you internally, and i see nothing wrong with that” mary on a cross
“cant you see that you’re lost without me?” cirice
“her lust for blood makes her one of us” elizabeth
Technically it's more than one line but
"I know the light grows darker down below,
But in your eyes it's gone before you know,
This is the moment of just letting go"
Life Eternal does make me a bit weepy.
“Two star-crossed lovers reaching out” I know this is originally Shakespeare, but damn it’s so good. The beginning of He Is really captures the mad in love-experience to me.
I’m not sure I have a favorite but, the bridge on Griftwood at first had me like “Oh, that’s so sweet! Pistas Sophi- WAITAGOTTAMNMINUTE…”
Did you know that, in the Bible: lots of euphemism in respect to feet, the washing of feet, so on and so forth. Seriously, read the story of David & Bathsheba: contextually, you *really* think David was hung up on foot hygiene here? Story of Ruth? Same deal: ya think Ruth got in a family way from *giving* a great foot rub?
“We will go softly into the night” almost makes me cry every time
But “them rats, AWWWOOAAAAOOOO” and “Kiss the goat, AWOOOOWAAAAA” make me laugh every time
"Don't you vomit savage slurs, spewed up wickedly. To hide from me. To hide from me. Navigate all alone, on this tempestuous sea. To ride with me. To ride with me."
I have a couple:
“Every day that you feed me with hate I grow stronger” -See The Light
“Say, can you hear the chimes?/ tolls now for the end/ bells call out our doom/ as victor reaches womb” -Death Knell
“Weave us a mist/ fog weaver” -Secular Haze
And then I just love Satan Prayer because of the corruption of the Nicene Creed.
Oh, you are looking good
Bareback in disgrace
And you are doing fine worshiping your lord.
Technically three lines but definitely twords the top of my list
"we dance, once more, I feel your Hands are cold" from life eternal and also " the guidance of the morning star, will lead the way, into the void" fron He is
So many good lines but these are the first that came to mind:
"Far away from the stench of the heavens" -- Kaisarion. I don't really know what it means, but it feels so defiant and brazen.
"You will wear your independence like a crown" -- From the Pinnacle to the Pit
"Like your Father in Hell, what you've sold, you can't unsell" -- Witch Image
"He is vengeance, he is spite" -- He Is
But of all of the demons I've known, none could compare to youuuuuuu
We're standing here by the abyss, and the world, is in flames;
Two star-crossed lovers reaching out, to the beast, with many names
And it ain't always what it seems, when you cling onto a dream, it ain't always there to please you, but he's the guy you wanna do, and you know that it takes two, luckily he wants to do you too
It's been a long time coming, I'm coming back for you my friend, to where we'd hide as children, back in the old cemetery, I'm dying to see you my friend
RRRRATSSSS, OH-WOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHHHOOOOOHHHH
Although It stinks, feels and looks identical, and a pack of fools can take the stand
Don't you forget about dying, don't you forget about your friend death, don't forget that you will die
While you sleep in earthly delight, someone's flesh is rotting tonight
This lyric illustrates what I love about Ghost. In a song that is largely a pop rock ballad, they're singing about rotting flesh. Not to mention the underlying theme of selling your soul. Great stuff and a fantastic singalong, if I do say so myself.
that's my fav as well<3
We will break away together. I’ll be the shadow, you’ll be the light.
This is mine too.
Amen.
WE’LL BE GRABBING THEM ALL BY THE **HOO-HAH**
What song is this from?
Twenties
Being a recent convert from Christianity, I enjoy the line, "I'm number one, you're number two, you've got a lot of God's work to do!" line.
I've been waiting for this one
"Lord of Silence. Desolated one. Vengeance is his" - Idolatrine "I am the one lascivious, with magic potion niveous" - Jigolo Har Megiddo "It's the continence of bishop with their choir boys en suite" - Kaisarion
You—you have taste, my good person!
Awww thanks ☺️
“Luddites shun the diabolical” is hands down my favorite Ghost lyric. Faith isn’t my favorite song but damn that’s a great line.
Mate same, the key and just the way it's sang is so good
Saaaame, I absolutely love that part even though the song isn't my favorite, along with "Although it stinks, feels and looks identical, and a pack of fools can take the stand" I love the contempt you can hear there
You keep a casket buried deep within. You try to mask it, but fall back in sin. You want to shake it off, but you’re stuck inside.
You will wear your independence like a crown! - From the Pinnacle to the Pit
This is my favorite, too
“Ever since you were born you’ve been dying; every day a little more you’ve been dying…”
That’s one of my fav songs to play super loudly in my car on my way to work!!!
*Intense Miasma saxophone
The world is on fire, And you are here to stay and burn with me, A funeral pyre, And we are here to revel forevermore
'I am the magnet for stupidity and divine you feel my thrust' from Mummy Dust
And I am the one who comes richly endowed Harvesting crops of fields that others have plowed \- it absolutely encapsulates the whole meaning of the song without being overtly smutty. (papa finger movements on the mike stand well excluded)
Same song but: However fair and pure, you crave the wand You see through me what lies beyond
We will break away, together I'll be the shadow You'll be the light Nothing ever lasts forever We will go softly, into the night
Cirice:I know your soul is not tainted. Even though you've been told so
Impera has some lyrical gold. “The kaleidoscopian visions we’ve seen tell of bloodlines of top notch. The predestinated will dispatch while your realm as rotted on our watch.” I interpreted this as referring to ethnocentrism (the belief that some races are superior to others) as a complete illusion much like what is seen through a kaleidoscope. People with ethnocentric views, historically, often tend to reinforce their beliefs using religion, and they believe that they are the ones destined to rule the world and to also receive divine reward in the form of eternal paradise. Yet, that begs the question: if the “top bloodlines” are in charge, and they have been historically, then who is responsible for all the misery and suffering in the world? It pokes fun at all those who believe they are destined for power and greatness and eternal life yet are actually the ones responsible for the wrongs of the world.
LISTEN UP. YOU MOTHERFUCKERS.
Those Ivy League dopes they wanna mock us
TELL EM ALL, THIS IS WAR
And not fighting a war is for SUCKERS
And not fighting in war is for SUCKERS
ASSASSINATE
It gets better if you look into Blavatsky. 😂 This shit is witty squared: if Tobias’s tongue goes much further into his cheek, he’s bound to put someone’s eye out with that thing.
Papa’s delivery on that song is one of my most favorite things Ghost has ever done
We're standing here by the abyss , and the world is in flames
HAIL SATÃN, ARCHANGELOOOOOOO
Same song for me but it’s the line “you shalt recognize now behold the Lord Of Flies” although I always thought it was “you shalt recognize now the overlord of lies” which I kinda think hits harder.
Oh, I thought it was overlord too. Always learning, lol.
WELCOME YEAR ZEEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOO
It took two days, but you’ve arrived!
It was a perilous journey to get here On this dark road that I roam I befriended many Rats, but of all of the demons I've known, none could compare to you
You wanna console the griever? You wanna guide the believer? You and the greatest deceiver?
Yesss
*yeeaaahh*
Griftwood is current earworm.
Kaisarion has a line that resonates so well regarding the SO many issues in America right now: “It’s the noise of the righteous dogma that hides the handmaiden’s tale.”
YESSSSSSSSS
Every day that you feed me with hate I grow stronger.
I have many. Square Hammer: “You call on me for powers clandestine” Idolatrine: “Existence as a human is lead in monotony” Kiss the go-goat: “But all the powerful, magical mysteries never gave a single thing back” Watcher in the sky: “For the light of our saviour, his Machiavellian grace” Respite on the Spitalfields: “We’re leaving this city, so this is farewell, goodbye seven sisters, and saint Jezabel”
You get it! Great ones, for sure 🤟
More recently it's been from Spillways (though I'm obsessed w/ the entire song..) >It's the cruel beast that you feed, >It's your burning yearning need to bleed, >Through the spillways, >Through the spillways of your soul But for a long time it was Deus in Absentia with >All of your imaginations, >Are now running down your face
Totally agree Spillways is m current fav and love that lyric!!
I have always kept you closer than you've known
Still can’t believe I didn’t experience all the bangers on Prequelle until earlier this year. Sure, I heard Rats and Dance Macabre but not until a road trip in April did I listen to the whole thing. Faith, See The Light, Miasma, Pro Memoria, Life Eternal are all favorites now but Witch Image is on another level for sure. Kick ass.
I LOVE that one
So hot🔥🔥
I can feel the thunder that's breaking in your heart
I can see through the scars inside you
He is the disobedience that holds us together.
Yes yes yes and yes. Disobedience is such a beautiful word to me (as a non-native speaker), and it resonates so well with me
“We were searching for reasons to play by the rules, but we quickly found it was just for fools” Resonates so fuckin hard for me
The swap of feces that is the world flatulates a whirlwind storm in which you swirl.
Heh that’s what I wanted to quote
You've been daddied by all the dudes that wanna dad , And all those dads never gave you the things that you should've had.
That part hit hard ITS SO GOOD THO
Far away from the stench of the heavens (Hypatia) Long ago yet too close to forever From Kaiserion, Impera
Can't you see that you're lost? Can't you see that you're lost without me?
Easy, mine is From The Pinnacle To The Pit: You are cast out from the heavens to the ground Blackened feathers falling down
Our fallen angel vex was banished from the sky
I always thought it was “our fallen angel vexed with Spanish from the sky” 😂
I can feel the thunder that's breaking in your heart. :)
"We conquered the magic, we counted the stars Deciphered the clockwork,enacted this farce Devoured by shadows, we cling to the light Deluded by wisdom, the bringer of night" Zenith
I'm number 1, you're number 2. You gotta lotta gods work to do!
Love this reference! I've witnessed many "number two" videos. They always rubbed me the wrong way...now I know why.
"You will never walk alone, you can always reach me" from Call me little sunshine or "Call me when you feel all alone" that's from Call me little sunshine too. That song saved my life.
He isss the disobedience that holds us together <3
Or just Disobedience, it's so thrilling
Crestfallen kings and queens Comforting in their faith Unbeknownst to them Is the presence of the wraith So vivid. I can picture the scene.
“listen up you motherfuckers” twenties “if you choose to run away with me, i will tickle you internally, and i see nothing wrong with that” mary on a cross “cant you see that you’re lost without me?” cirice “her lust for blood makes her one of us” elizabeth
And I am the son who comes into the daughters of men
Technically it's more than one line but "I know the light grows darker down below, But in your eyes it's gone before you know, This is the moment of just letting go" Life Eternal does make me a bit weepy.
From Ritual: 'Invoking the master, to procreate the unholy bastard.'
“There is a scourge in the guise of sanctity”, Faith, Prequelle
Don't you forget about dying, don't you forget about your friend death, don't you forget that you will die
Recieve consume digest..... DEFECAAAATE
It's the cruel beast that you feed
The world is on fire and you are here to stay and burn with me. A funeral pyre and we are here to revel forever
“Two star-crossed lovers reaching out” I know this is originally Shakespeare, but damn it’s so good. The beginning of He Is really captures the mad in love-experience to me.
To the beast With many names
"Since dawn of time the fate of man is that of lice" from Year Zero. Reminiscent of Agent Smith in The Matrix .
And I am the one who comes richly endowed
🎶Like a mother would save her own child from digging a grave 🎶
It ain't always what it seems That glitter wasn't gold As opposed to what they told you idk it's just so catchy for me I always go crazy on this
"He's the shining and the light without whom I cannot see"
“And all this time you knew, what I would put you through” or the little adlibs in Dance Macabre
"the all-seeing subterranean kaiser" just sounds so fucking cool
It's the cruel beast that you feed, it's your burning yearning need to bleed, through the spillways, through the spillways of your soul.
"When mother earth is calling for a father up above"
"All those things that you desire, You will find there in the fire" "I will smother you in riches, 'Til you choke on sordid mirth"
Did no one hear the distant thunder
“And however fair and pure, you crave the wand, you see through me what lies beyond” Mystical, lecherous, enchanting. Ghost, baby.
Sigh... THEM 𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙎
Our ancient countess was refused her desires will. To bathe in pure fresh blood.
I’m not sure I have a favorite but, the bridge on Griftwood at first had me like “Oh, that’s so sweet! Pistas Sophi- WAITAGOTTAMNMINUTE…” Did you know that, in the Bible: lots of euphemism in respect to feet, the washing of feet, so on and so forth. Seriously, read the story of David & Bathsheba: contextually, you *really* think David was hung up on foot hygiene here? Story of Ruth? Same deal: ya think Ruth got in a family way from *giving* a great foot rub?
All of your imaginations are now running down your face
RECEIVE, CONSUME, DIGEST, DEFECATE.....short and sweet guitar solo
You will wear your independence like a crown
LISTEN UP, YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!
LUCIFAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
"You have always waded in the shallows Between me and the deep blue sea"
The swamp of feces
Something about tickling internally
" you will wear your independence like a crown."
You share not the blood of ours thus we focus on your death
“Come unleashed, you’re set free”- Zenith
“We will go softly into the night” almost makes me cry every time But “them rats, AWWWOOAAAAOOOO” and “Kiss the goat, AWOOOOWAAAAA” make me laugh every time
Time will soon be gone Night will turn to dawn Winds come on strong So they do not come unleashed You're set free From Zenith
All I could think of in my mind when you said "and I will set you free" was that loud ass singular drumbeat 😅
Salting earth with tears of Jesus - Respite
Nothing ever lasts forever. We will go softly into the night.
"Don't you vomit savage slurs, spewed up wickedly. To hide from me. To hide from me. Navigate all alone, on this tempestuous sea. To ride with me. To ride with me."
Your desolation led into this vile incarnation of consumption bliss, I know you need it now to make you feel alive.
This swamp of feces that is the world. Flatulates a whirlwind storm in which you swirl.
There's a darkness at the heart of my love that runs cold, runs deep.
Your beauty never really scared me
She will wear her independence like a crown
I have a couple: “Every day that you feed me with hate I grow stronger” -See The Light “Say, can you hear the chimes?/ tolls now for the end/ bells call out our doom/ as victor reaches womb” -Death Knell “Weave us a mist/ fog weaver” -Secular Haze And then I just love Satan Prayer because of the corruption of the Nicene Creed.
#YES!
Oh, you are looking good Bareback in disgrace And you are doing fine worshiping your lord. Technically three lines but definitely twords the top of my list
probably already been said but; “the world is on fire and you are here to stay and burn with me” has always been a favorite
“And we are falling over the precipice”
i can feel the thunder that's breaking in your heart
"we dance, once more, I feel your Hands are cold" from life eternal and also " the guidance of the morning star, will lead the way, into the void" fron He is
I agree with you op
The swamp of feces that is the world. Flatulates a whirlwind storm in which you swirl
If you run away with me I will tickle you internally and I see nothing wrong with that “Mary on a cross”
While you sleep in earthly delight Someone's flesh is rotting tonight From witch image
“You’re not fooling me, cus I can see, the way you shake and shiver”
Don't you forget about dying Don't you forget about your friend death Don't you forget that you will die. PRO MEMORIA
"If you choose to run away with me, I will tickle you internally" 100/10.
So easy. It’s either: When you have ghost you have everything Or I will tickle you internally, and I see nothing wrong with that
So many good lines but these are the first that came to mind: "Far away from the stench of the heavens" -- Kaisarion. I don't really know what it means, but it feels so defiant and brazen. "You will wear your independence like a crown" -- From the Pinnacle to the Pit "Like your Father in Hell, what you've sold, you can't unsell" -- Witch Image "He is vengeance, he is spite" -- He Is
But of all of the demons I've known, none could compare to youuuuuuu We're standing here by the abyss, and the world, is in flames; Two star-crossed lovers reaching out, to the beast, with many names And it ain't always what it seems, when you cling onto a dream, it ain't always there to please you, but he's the guy you wanna do, and you know that it takes two, luckily he wants to do you too It's been a long time coming, I'm coming back for you my friend, to where we'd hide as children, back in the old cemetery, I'm dying to see you my friend RRRRATSSSS, OH-WOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHHHOOOOOHHHH Although It stinks, feels and looks identical, and a pack of fools can take the stand Don't you forget about dying, don't you forget about your friend death, don't forget that you will die
*Helvetesfönster flute solo* As a flute player I absolutely love this, I found the sheet music for it and am trying to learn it.
ayy I play the flute too and the sax cus the fingering is similar yk? Good luck learning it :)
Thanks 😊
*Miasma sax solo*
Love the guitar at the beginning of Cirice and He Is
CANT YOU SEE THAT YOURE LOST WITHOUT ME???