Virgin Black

I just bought fortissimo. This cd is unbelievable. I love it.

I don't have it yet,
I need it though

Yes, you do.

I haven't bought it yet... I was very disappointed by the samples... I'll buy it eventually...

I can get why you don't really like it.

I didn't really like it when I heard it for the first time.
But now I do. But still not as much as Mezzo Forte.
Lacrimosa (Gather Me) and God in Dust are the songs I like the best from Fortissimo.

As for Virgin Black in General...

I'm in love with them.

It's different from other Virgin Black releases, but for what it is, it's essentially perfect.

LadyThornball wrote:

I'm in love with them.

Yes, we know

Carla: what's exactly standing there on that album cover?
Jantine: (looks on the album cover) that and that
Carla: shouldn't it be a that and that?
Jantine: heck, you're right!

lol

Great Album !!!
the music is very close to funeral doom.
i would give it : 95 %

requiem has disappointed me.

i was reading the lyrics, and i couldnt believe ....
can anone explain it to me ?

#5 - Museum of Iscariot

Jesus lies dying in my bed
Companions since birth
In this stagnant dingy haunt
He has never really live.
Last night I beat him,
As he would not leave
My insane eyes stare at him,
As his wilted body bleeds.
Frequently I rape him,
As I know nothing else
He curls up like a fetus,
And paints his face with sadness.

Now a fragment
Of remorse is etched
I bandage his wounds
I kiss the face of Jesus Christ
But he is dead.

What can I do?
You've forsaken me
You called yourself messiah,
And expected me to follow
An now he lays dead,
And your prophecies with him
I will bury him not,
As insult to your face.

As I stare at his corpse,
One detail disturbs me
His cold, stark finger,
Points where I have not been.

From my house,
The cage of rotten wood
I stumble forth,
To lay beneath the bush
Withered bones groan,
I cultivate
As the soil and I grow closer.

The sun recieves an empty gaze
It mourns,
It knows my life is gone
No more to offer
But my flesh to this soil
And a single tear
Marks my final prayer.
The rosebud sits
In the palm of your hand
As I end, this flower blossoms.


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I guess the best thing you could do is email or message Rowan London about it
he writes them so will know them best.

I've always found those lyrics weird

Museum of Iscariot is a great song... the lyrics are spot on with no sugar coating - which may seem shocking so some. But as I see it, it's about how we sometimes abandon our faith; we push it away, try to take advantage of God, and in the end we blame Him for what has gone wrong. Actually, in the booklet there's a footnote to the song saying that Jesus is a metaphore for the individual's faith, I think.

^Correct

thanks for the post Wulfila