HYMN TO BEAUTY
(C. Baudelaire)
Do you come from on high
or out of the abyss
O Beauty? Godless yet divine
your gaze
showers
favor and shame
and therefore some
have likened you to wine
Your eyes reflect
the sunset and the dawn
you scatter perfumes
like a windy night
your kisses are a drug
your mouth the urn
dispensing fear to heroes
fervor to boys
Whether spawned by hell
or sprung from the_stars
Fate like a spaniel
follows at your heel
you sow haphazard
fortune and despair
ruling all things
responsible for none
You walk on corpses
Beauty
undismayed
and Horror coruscates
among your gems
Murder
one of your dearest trinkets
throbs
on your sharneless belly
make it dance!
The pining lover
for his lady swoons
like a dying man
Who cares
if you come
from paradise or hell
appalling Beauty
artless
and monstrous scourge
supported by 8 fans who also own “5-Santa Vergogna-Hymn to beauty”
[...]This German band prefers to keep the music simple and bereft of diversions. In a way the presentation is rather formulaic and falls back on the basic elements and aspects of the genre. A slow progression of the chords, vocals as well as drums that work as a counterpoint and are performed in sync with the guitars. The sound is massive and at times like a wall of noise[...]
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supported by 8 fans who also own “5-Santa Vergogna-Hymn to beauty”
Music is really good, the vocals go with what's being played. Slow and majestic. Goes into a bit harder towards the end and then brings back slow and majestic but with more volume. hitmobong