Lyrics Challenge: The Goff Edition

[sabotabby]

My public entries: Music memes, interrupted by the odd political rant, and not nearly enough cat photos. I will endeavour to do better in the future.

In the meantime, have some GAWTH. The person with the most correct answers gets the You Probably Had Black Nailpolish and Smoked Clove Cigarettes in High School Award.



1. “The bats have left the belltower, the victims have been bled.” "Bela Lugosi's Dead," Bauhaus. Guessed by ironed_orchid. And northbard. And all of you or you should be ashamed.

2. “Time will not heal a dead boy’s scars. Time will kill.” "For the Heart I Once Had," Nightwish. Guessed by gileonnen.

3. “I know in darkness I will find you, giving up inside like me.” "End of Days," VNV Nation. Guessed by fidgety.

4. “It’s a loveless world, so what’s the point of looking?” "I Love You In Your Tragic Beauty," Legendary Pink Dots. Guessed by pirra_jaide.

5. “The bells of St. Mary call us to remember that life is with end. And the gestures can kill us, moreover, destroy.” "Gothic Love Song," Current 93. Guessed by pirra_jaide.

6. “Shapes of angels, the night casts. Dead but dreaming in my past.” "What Dreams May Come," Fields of the Nephilim. Guessed by faithhopetricks.

7. “Infinitiude I conceal in thy phantasm, infinitude my phantasm is of thee.” Seriously, that’s what they’re saying? I don’t like this song as much anymore. "A Tormented Soul," Sins of Thy Beloved. Guessed by sphinctourist.

8. “Do you hear my enlightening laughter? Another reason to cut off an ear.” "Blume," Einsturzende Neubauten. Guessed by trollwedding.

9. “Dreamers of sleepers and white treason, we dream of rain and the history of the gun.” "Dominion/Mother Russia," The Sisters of Mercy. Guessed by thenetwork.

10. “Full of glory never seen, they made it through the whole machine.” "They Walked in Line," Joy Division. Guessed by sphinctourist.

11. “We’ll drink a toast in the torture chamber and you’ll go down on a bed of nails.” "Evil Night Together," Jill Tracy. Guessed by trollwedding.

12. “O, are they merely crying, father? Yes, true weeping is yet to come.” "Weeping Song," Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Guessed by ironed_orchid.

13. “I wear my crown of shit upon my liar’s chair.” "Hurt," Trent Reznor. Guessed by thenetwork.

14. “In the trench of pestilence the Bible screams: Announce your faith.” "Assimilate," Skinny Puppy. Guessed by sphinctourist.

15. “Beyond the waves, I will be free, while all the others are praying.” "Once in a Lifetime," Wolfsheim. Guessed by sovay.

16. “Maybe I’ve been hurt, maybe I’ve been saved for something worse.” "Last Breath of You," Mesh. Guessed by sphinctourist.

17. “You were stone white, so delicate, so lost in the cold.” "Pictures of You," The Cure. Guessed by apperception.

18. “Wrap your face in prayers, the ones you never sent, and know they never reached me.” "Golden Wedding of Sorrow," Death in June. Guessed by sphinctourist.

19. “Arise, the prisoners of starvation, arise, the damned of the earth.” "Rossiya," Laibach. Guessed by sphinctourist.

20. “I dress this way just to keep them at bay.” "Everyday is Halloween," Ministry. Guessed by curgoth.

Comments

[thenetwork.livejournal.com]

9. 'Mother Russia', The Sisters of Mercy.
13. 'Hurt', Trent Reznor

[sabotabby]

+2

[apperception.livejournal.com]

“You were stone white, so delicate, so lost in the cold.”

omg the cure pictures of you

[sabotabby]

You get to paint one nail black. The pinky.

[ironed_orchid]

1. Bela Lugosi's Dead

undead undead undead

[sabotabby]

It's fairly hard to excerpt lyrics that don't give that song away.

It had to be done though.

[ironed_orchid]

12 the weeping song - nick cave and the bad seeds

[sabotabby]

yessss.

[northbard.livejournal.com]

I'm not gonna do logs because it will be silly... But I just got claim #1.

Bela Lugosi's Dead

Bauhaus.

Also, if you play it at 75% speed it sounds even MORE lugubrious.

[sabotabby]

Why would you do that?

"Undeaaaaaaughd."

[ironed_orchid]

and 20 is by ministry, but I can't quite place which song

[sabotabby]

You're on the right track.

...I danced to this song a lot.

[fidget]

3. VNV Nation - End of Days

[sabotabby]

+1

[curgoth]

20 is Ministry, Everyday is Halloween. Wocky Pop-op.

[sabotabby]

*bobs head, flails arms*

[hopita.livejournal.com]

As per usual, #11 is right on the tip of my brain, but I can't place it.

[curgoth]

15 is driving me crazy. I know I should know it.

[trollwedding.livejournal.com]

8: Blume, Einsturzende Neubauten!

I love that song.

[sabotabby]

+1

[trollwedding.livejournal.com]

Durr, I am stupid, also: Evil Night Together by Jill Tracy.

[sabotabby]

You are correct.

[marrythebed.livejournal.com]

Nineteen sounds an awful lot like the Internationale, but lord knows who that's by...

[springheel-jack.livejournal.com]

Billy Bragg, heh

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

19. is one of many versions of "The Internationale"

[sabotabby]

It's a line from "The Internationale," yes, but that's not very goth.

[pofflewomp.livejournal.com]

I don't know any of these musics, but I like number two. Can I eat it? I am going to tell it to people who go on about time healing. What is it from (please say it is something nice!)?

[gileonnen.livejournal.com]

Something very nice!

[pofflewomp.livejournal.com]

I like 5 and 15 too. Would be interested to know their context.

[sabotabby]

Shoot me your e-mail and I'll send you mp3s.

[faithhopetricks.livejournal.com]

6 is 'What Dreams May Come' by Fields Of The Nephilim OH YES.

I knew 1 and 13! Does that count? hah, no.


....you remind me I didn't ever give the answers to my own guess-the-song-lyrics post, WHOOPS.

[sabotabby]

Hahah I figured you'd know all of them.

EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW 1, DAMMIT.

[sovay]

15. Wolfsheim, "Once in a Lifetime." Here via faithhopetricks.

[sabotabby]

Yep.

[gileonnen.livejournal.com]

I think 2 is Nightwish's 'For the Heart I Once Had.'

[sabotabby]

It is.

[pirra-jaide.livejournal.com]

I think......
4. Legendary Pink Dots- I love you in your tragic beauty

5. Current 93- a gothic love song



(Hi, found my way here from faithopetricks...nice to meet you.)

[sabotabby]

Nice to meet you too! You clearly have great taste in music.

[pofflewomp.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I am musically uneducated. I'm not sure if I am computer literate enough to listen to them online but will attempt to do so tonight...

[sphinctourist.livejournal.com]

7."A Tormented Soul" The Sins Of Thy Beloved

10."They Walked In Line" Joy Division

14."Assimilate" Skinny Puppy

16."Last Breath of You" Mesh

18."Golden Wedding of Sorrow" Death In June

I'm going to venture a guess that the version of #19 you're referencing here is "Rossiya" by Laibach. seems like something you'd do.

i can't believe i'm the only one who got 10 or 14. speaking of assimilate, apparently it's in the set list on the current tour. now repeat after me, DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH!!!!!!!!!!

[sabotabby]

You are the gothest of the goth. Hahahaha.

Oh man I can't wait for next weekend.