#I will travel across the land upon a fiery steed

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Where have all the good men gone, and where are all the gods?

To catch them is my real test, to train them is my cause

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Belladonna & Aconite (1993) — Inkubus Sukkubus

A series of lyric starters taken from indie pagan/goth rock band Inkubus Sukkubus’s album released in 1993.  Contains some dark themes, sexually suggestive lyrics, themes around Paganism and Witchcraft, and one song is anti-medieval Christianity.  May be edited as necessary.

Beltaine

“Underneath the neolithic sky where the beasts are so proud to die, across the sea of a million dreams where nothing is as it once seemed, I hear the Pan Pipes playing in what the wind is saying.”

“Here comes the fallen angel.”

“Here comes the long-dead god back from the years in exile.”

“Here comes the wild Pagan heart.”

“And the May Queen sings her song for her consort who is gone.”

“Children mourn the loss of Pan whom Death banished from this land.”

“It has been two thousand years.”

“The earth is soaked with blood and tears.”

“The once-great Lord of the Hunt lies slain. His bride's a-burning in the flame.”

“Mother Earth lies raped and poisoned.”

“The final day draws ever closer to a time of ice and fire.”

“She shall be a funeral pyre.”

Midnight Queen

“In the forest, in the night underneath the full moonlight she's always there: Nature's child in the woodland air.”

“Fade into the dream.”

“And when your heart is filled with fear, close your eyes for she is here.”

“She's always there.”

“The stars shine in her raven hair. Fade into the dream.”

“And on a night like this you'll find her burning kiss.”

“Her hair all wrapped around you. Your dreams are here to drown you.”

“And in the winter and autumn time, sing your song, drink your wine for she is here.”

“The Midnight Queen is dressed in green. Fade into the dream.”

“Does the cold air chill your spine?”

“And to the truth you are blind.”

“For she is here: The naked spirit of the forest glade. Fade into the dream.” 

Trinity

“Oh, mysterious ladies, hear unto my prayer and grant me live and to love as you do.”

“May your magical souls overwhelm the night air to cast off its shroud and reveal your dark truths.”

“Diana, sweet maiden, so pale and so pure, we welcome your fresh silver light. Tho' deceit may be hid in your innocent lure, the love of the huntress is right. Your light is shining on your children in the night.”

“No-one could hope to know the secrets that you hold.”

“Moon Mother so full is your milk-white breast. So safe are your warm open arms. Tis now that your lover, the Sun, fully rests in the radiant pool of your calm.”

“The wisest of all is the Crone on the wane. The others are under your power. Tho' there's death behind both of your ebony gates, the gift of new life is your flower.” 

Belladonna & Aconite

“Belladonna and aconite, give to me the gift of flight. Take me up, airborne in the night.”

“In a dream, across the sky a hundred-million miles high, take me ever onwards in the night.”

“Dark sisters join my night flight.” 

“See how far you can climb.”

“Holt's with us on this bright night.”

“Ride with him 'cross the sky.”

“As a screaming horde we cut the scape.”

“The Devil's Apple exacerbates to the sabbath on a demon steed I ride.”

“Across the astral plane we race. The universe my fingers trace, and I am lost forever in my mind.” 

Soul Inside

“Waking in the still of night, darkness all around. Cold walls whisper to my soul of pleasures never found.”

“I scream your name to shrouded ears.”

“You hear what charms you most.”

“And though I know what gifts you hold I cannot love a ghost.”

“I felt your spirit in me. It thrilled me so.”

“If I ever can touch your skin, my love will surely grow.”

“Wrapped within your lucent arms, there safety with my love. Asylum for a bleeding heart though limbs not flesh nor blood.”

“Oh, let me just be close to you. Of what else do I care? And if it means another world, then that will be my prayer.” 

Song of the Siren

“Draw near, closer now into my painted wings.”

“What man can resist when the Siren sings?”

“Let not your ears be deadened by the ocean's roar. Just hear my sweet lament and I'll ask no more.”

“Give up your will to me!”

“You've travelled far, my love, and the sea's been cruel.”

“Come rest with me awhile.”

“Why act like a fool?” 

“For I will guide your ship to my welcome shore.”

“So give your soul to me when you hear the call.”

“Upon this crimson rock your body lying still, and from your broken veins I will drink my fill.”

“Your love has given me meaning to my song.”

“Within my empty heart is where your blood belongs.” 

Vampyres

“In the hush of the gloaming as the young sleep without a care, dark lovers greet the cool night sky and drink of the liquid air.”

“The time has come for the eternal young to leave the still of the earth and rush through the night in their nocturnal flight.”

“Wild beneath the midnight sun, those who have tasted it satiates.”

“It's an experience you won't want to miss.”

“So cast out your fears, they're ever near.”

“So much can change with a single kiss.”

“They come on wings of black kid leather.”

“Anaemia adds haste to the flight.”

“The sky is alive with anticipation.”

“Another soul will join them tonight.”

“With one fatal kiss of exquisite bliss your body is left pale in the wake, but the vampyre catalepsy is brief and pretty soon you'll join the feast of blood.”

Eternity

“Lying 'neath the trees your arms enfold me.”

“There's some sweet magic in the way you hold me.”

“I feel the power in your midnight eyes.”

“Let me drink deep from your witch’s potion.”

“Like the trees we will sway in motion.”

“Watch our souls tumbling from the sky.”

“Wrap me up within your cloak of myst'ry.”

“All nature holds is breath whene'er you kiss me.”

“Hear my secrets uttered in my sighs.”

“You know I'll always love you as the Moon shines far above you.”

“You know I'll always love you.”

“May her light shine on our love.”

“Fall with me into deepest ocean and let our bodies drown in pure emotion.”

“I feel that I'm immortal by your side.

“We'll live this life and then we'll live another.”

“For all of time I hope you'll be my lover.”

“We'll be as one long after we've died.”

Incubus

“I feel you drawing near and I will show no fear.”

“No pleasure be denied me. A hunger grows inside me.”

“I need your fiery kisses.”

“Thrill me with your icy touch.”

“What mortal lover would ever hope to give a woman this much?

“Dream lover, dream lover. Deceiver, Reliever.”

“Dream lover, dark brother, I'll open my soul just to give you my whole.”

“Man's greed has known no boundaries.”

“His cruelty has no end.”

“I feel desire as you do, so why need it so offend you?”

“Speak not your words of anger; carnal acts by the Devil's will.”

“I don't hear your accusations.”

“Someone slipped me a happiness pill! “

All the Devil’s Men

“All the Devil's Men. In Christ's name they do their evil.”

“All the Devil's Men. Still mad and medieval with their swords and with their guns and poisoned words upon their tongues.”

“All the Devil's Men hear the children scream, for they shall teach them Christian values—put monsters in their dreams and subject them to pain and torment.”

“With their straps and with their canes they shall teach them fear and shame.”

“All the Devil's Men...”

“If they can't burn you at the stake then your children they will take.”

“Will the malice of their lies. They are here to defile, to destroy all our lives.”

“What they do, they do for Christ and we are all the victims: every man, woman and child.”

“All the Devil's Men, their twin gods are Christ and Satan.”

“All the Devil's Men... Hide your babes for they shall take them.”

“With the law upon their side they bring death and genocide.”

“All the Devil's Men... By the sword and by the lash they will break you, they will take you.”

“In the shadow of their cross lie the victims of their tortures.”

“In the churches and the schools they still take us for their fools.”

“All the Devil's Men clutching to their dying empire.”

“All the Devil's Men clutching at their blood-stained bibles.”

“Their final days have come at last and they shall fade into the past.”

I am the One

“I am the One from the dark side of your dreams.”

“I am the One, the one who hears your screams.”

“I am the One, I am the One.”

“I am a vampyre a-calling for your love.”

:I am the fire that burns within your blood.”

“No bars or chains can keep me from your bed.”

“Nothing on earth can get me from your head.”

“I'm the angel of your desire burning in the night.”

“I'm the pyre, I'm the fire come to set you alight

“I'm the One.”

“Forget the past, live only for tonight.”

“How many loves have shared such pure delight?”

“Rest now, my love, let troubles slip away.”

“I shall return on the darkening of the day.”

Old Hornie

“A breath of wind has stirred me from hypnotic lands.”

“The cup falls from my hands.”

“I feel your spirit come a-rushing through the trees; your call upon the breeze.”

“Let us sing to Herne tonight.”

“Come join his dance of life.”

“Let us sing to Herne tonight and join his dance of life.”

“Proud horned one come now with swiftness and with mirth. Be with us on this earth. We praise the phallus that has brought the gift of life. Join with me in this rite.” 

Vlad

“How I've loved you and will always love you.”

“You were the one to light the stars in my night.”

“Why can't one of such beauty live forever?”

“Hear my soul scream its plight.”

“You were the gift of joy.”

“You were my light.”

“You gave so much to life, my angel of the night.”

“Oh hear me call you. I'll always call for you.”

“Though you are no longer here may my voice be carried to your spectral ears.”

“I need to know you are near.” 

Samhain

“From the west comes old Death a-riding on the storm with hungry eyes for funeral fires to burn till the morrow's dawn.”

“For tis the night, here comes the dead unbound from the Underworld and the children dress as the babes of Hell.”

“All the boys and all the girls and the fires shall burn. And the wheel of life shall turn, and the dead come back home on Samhain.”

“In the night sky on the lunar light they fly, and the dead come back home on Samhain.”

“At the Sabbat high on the funeral hill wait the witches at the feast for the first winter's day, the first winter's sun a-rising in the east for Death has come for the summertime and to take the leaves of spring.”

“Hecate, Nemesis, Dark Mother take us in.”