And When He Falleth lyrics

[Female Voice:]

"Be my kin free fro carnal sin,

Bridle the thoughts of thy Master."

[Male Voice:]

"There hath past away a glore fro the Earth;

A glore that in the hearts and minds of men,

Men demented - blindfolded by light,

Hourisheth as weed in their well-groom'd garihs."

[Male Voice:]

"Might I too was blindfolded ere,

Tho' years have master'd me

A masque of this to fashion:

Seer blest, thou best philosopher!"

[Female Voice:]

"The quality of mercy and absolution,

Whence cometh such qualities?

Build thyself a mirror in which

Solely wanton images of thy desire appear!"

[Male Voice:]

"Tis the Divine Comedy -

The fool and the mocking court:

Fool, kneel now, and ring thy bells!:

We hold the Earth to heaven away."

[Female Voice:]

"Tis is Divine Tragedy -

The fool and the mocking court:

Fool, kneel now, and ring thy bells!:

Make us guffaw at thy futile follies,

Yet for our blunders - Oh, in shame;

Earth beareth no balm for mistakes -

We hold the Earth to Hell away."

***[Dialogue:]***

[Male Voice:]

That cross you wear around your neck;

is it only a decoration, or are you a

true Christian believer?

[Female Voice:]

Yes, I believe - truly.

[Male Voice:]

Then I want you to remove it at once!

- and never to wear it within this castle

again! Do you know how a falcon is trained my

dear? Her eyes are sewn shut. Blinded temporarily

she suffers the whims of her God patiently, until

her will is submerged and she learns to serve -

as your God taught and blinded you with

crosses.

[Female Voice:]

You had me take off my cross because it

offended....

[Male Voice:]

It offended no-one. No - it simply appears

to me to be discourteous to... to wear

the symbol of a deity long dead.

My ancestors tried to find it. And to open

the door that seperates us from our Creator.

[Female Voice:]

But you need no doors to find God.

If you believe....

[Male Voice:]

Believe?! If you believe you are...gullible.

Can you look around this world and believe

in the goodness of a god who rules it?

Famine, Pestilence, War, Disease and Death!

They rule this world.

[Female Voice:]

There is also love and life and hope.

Very little hope I assure you. No. If a god

of love and life ever did exist...he is long

since dead. Someone...something rules in his

place.

***[End of Dialogue]***

[sung:]

[Male Voice:]

"Believe? In a deity long dead? -

I would rather be a pagan suckléd in creeds outworn;

Whith faärytales fill'd up in head;

Thoughts of the Book stillborn."

[Female Voice:]

"Shadow of annoyance -

Ne'er come hither!

...And when He falleth, He falleth like Lucifer,

Ne'er to ascend again..."

• Artist:Theatre of Tragedy
• Album:Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996)