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.

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[curgoth]

Argh! This is me, kicking myself.