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Black as the Devil Painteth lyrics


An artist is what is call'd the self that the brush holdeth -
Though hath it then caringly caress'd the Canvas of to-morrow?,
O Canvas! for thee I hold my tool - still! passionless it quivereth,
Minding not that my hands are more than apt;
My Muse,

Where is hidden
The blue-huéd arch'neath the High Heaven's rich emblazonry,
The flowery meadow, embrac'd by the horizon - snowflakéd and aery mountains,
In which the barebreastéd maidens dance to the lay o' midsummer,
Aloft the distant lazy flapping of the doves in vainglore.

O Canvas!, wherefore canst thou these images not allow? -
I deem a projection of my Theatre they should be! -
Then, I challenge thee the wisdom of naysaying the yearns o' mine -
What is this unforseen that not enjoineth light shades to be skillfully paintéd?

The raven sky prey'd on by the snowfill'd, blustery clouds,
Unadornéd the meadow - hunger driveth the wolf out of the wood,
The maidens chainéd and whippéd within a dreary dungeon -
And, lo! 'twixt the wizen roses a mossy grave:
"The Devil is as Black as he Painteth" -
O Canvas! wherefore?...




Other Theatre of Tragedy lyrics:

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To these Words I beheld no Tongue lyrics
Hollow-Hearted, Heart-Departed lyrics
...a Distance there is... lyrics
Sweet art Thou lyrics
Mire lyrics
Dying - I only feel Apathy lyrics
Der Tanz der Schatten (Club-Mix) lyrics
A Hamlet for a Slothful Vassal lyrics
Velvet Darkness they Fear lyrics
Fair and 'Guiling Copesmate Death lyrics
Bring Forth ye Shadow lyrics
Seraphic Deviltry lyrics
And when He Falleth lyrics
Dialog from "And when He Falleth" lyrics
Der Tanz der Schatten lyrics
On whom the Moon doth Shine lyrics
The Masquerader and Phoenix lyrics
A Rose for the Dead lyrics
Der Spiegel lyrics
As the Shadows dance lyrics
And when He Falleth (remix) lyrics
Black as the Devil Painteth (remix) lyrics
Decades (Joy Division cover) lyrics
Cassandra lyrics
Lorelei lyrics
Angélique lyrics
A_de lyrics
Siren lyrics
Samantha lyrics
Venus lyrics
Poppæa lyrics
Bacchante lyrics
Machine lyrics
City of Light lyrics
Fragment lyrics
Musique lyrics
Commute lyrics
Radio lyrics
Image lyrics
Crash\Concrete lyrics
Retrospect lyrics
Reverie lyrics
Space Age lyrics
The new man lyrics


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