We entered Winter once again
Naked, freezing from my breath
‘Neath the lid, all limbs tucked away
This coffin is your abode from now and onwards

Your body is mine to avail
Such a tragic sight you are
Slave under my creed
Spurring me with those tears

I am beyond death
Midst a dreaming affinity
Saving strength now, faint whispers
Come erotic communion in its splendour

Fever mirrored ghosts
Night-time consolation, cross the line
Draw murder into art
Sleep inside through days

In the wake of this relief
Shivering, longing for more
Insanity at its peak
Love me to my death

Lost are the days of Spring
You sighed and let me in

Keep the beast inside
Shackled within my hide
Screaming out too late
Losing to my hate

Grew together with your skin
And paced the trails of sin

Your gaze, covered with virgin snow
Rigid features….
It's the shallow deeds who's to blame
Deafening shrieks pierced the night

A step from oblivion
Moving into the dim lights
Hiding within a reverie
It was worth it for the wait alone


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The Leper Affinity Lyrics as written by Mikael Lars Akerfeldt

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    I personally thing this is about Death (the character).

    The first line uses the term Winter. Which in poetry relates to death. Goes on to talk about being cold (as in death), and a coffin (as you buried in).

    Then the second verse is Death pretty much saying you are now mine.

    Beyond death (literally) as they are Death itself.

    Goes on to lost are the days of Spring (Spring in poetry is new life, or life itself) ... so in other words they are dead.

    Keep the beast inside (Death / the Devil are also called 'the beast').

    Then goes on to describe what could be Hell

    Oblivion ... death, dim lights ... bright lights are heaven, so dim lights seen in death are Hell.

    To me this makes a lot more sense than sex with a dead person, or rape and murder ... as both topics you'd imagine would not be so poetically written (or so obtuse ... generally songs covering those topics are quite obvious). They are my thoughts anyway.

    sokornyon May 26, 2015   Link

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