As to sokorny's question to me this is the narrator, Papa, being in love with the Countess Bathory. He's proselytizing about this evil old woman with the cold black eyes that murdered virgin peasants to bathe in their blood to keep herself young and beautiful and how, because of that, she's not only part of their dark congregation but they are either currently lovers or it's an unrequited love. Personally I think it's the latter.
For those who don't know Countess Bathory was eventually found out and locked up until her dying day in a tower in her castle. To me the song is Papa saying his love is up in that tower, still alive, and he will eventually rescue her from her captors and they will live evil-ly ever after
As to sokorny's question to me this is the narrator, Papa, being in love with the Countess Bathory. He's proselytizing about this evil old woman with the cold black eyes that murdered virgin peasants to bathe in their blood to keep herself young and beautiful and how, because of that, she's not only part of their dark congregation but they are either currently lovers or it's an unrequited love. Personally I think it's the latter.
For those who don't know Countess Bathory was eventually found out and locked up until her dying day in a tower in her castle. To me the song is Papa saying his love is up in that tower, still alive, and he will eventually rescue her from her captors and they will live evil-ly ever after