Scorpion Flower

The Portuguese gothic metal band Moonspell performed in the Sonisphere Festival which took place on June 17th in Greece. Inspired and influenced by this occasion, I take the opportunity to post their video for ''Scorpion Flower'', the lead single off their 2008 album ''Night Eternal". The song also features Anneke Van Giersbergen, graceful and sweet as ever. It is a dark and evocative track, but simultaneously so very romantic, in a gothic kind of way.

Curse the day, hail the night
Flower grown in the wild
In your empty heart
In the breast that feeds
Flower worn in the dark

Can I steal your mind for a while?
Can I stop your heart for a while?
Can I freeze your soul and your time?
Scorpion flower
Token of death
Ignite the skies with your eyes
And keep me away from your light

Surrender tears to your mortal act
Flower cursed be thy fruit
Of your courage last
Of your grand finale
Flower crushed in the ground
In your empty heart
In the breast that feeds
Flower worn in the dark

Can I steal your mind for a while?
Can I stop your heart for a while?
Can I freeze your soul and your time?
Scorpion flower
Token of death
Ignite the skies with your eyes

In your empty heart
In the breast that feeds
Flower worn in the dark

Can I steal your mind for a while?
Can I stop your heart for a while?
Can I freeze your soul and your time?
Scorpion flower
Token of death 

Ignite the skies with your eyes