Rotting Christ - The Raven Lyrics






I fall from the holy empire
An angel that loosing his path
I am tormented with passion and fire
I am tormented with pride, greed and lust

The raven, once upon a midnight dreary
While I pondered, weak and weary
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping

I am dreaming flying higher and higher
I am dreaming hope, fear, love and pain
My graceful forbidden desire
They always call whisper my name

Prophet, said I, thing of evil
Prophet still, if bird or devil
Whether Tempter sent
Or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore
Desolate yet all undaunted
On this desert land enchanted
On this home by Horror haunted
Tell me truly, I implore
Is there, is there balm in Gilead?
Tell me, tell me, I implore
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore"

Deep into that darkness peering
Long I stood there wondering, fearing
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal
Ever dared to dream before
Be that word our sign of parting
Bird or fiend, I shrieked, upstarting
Leave no black plume as a token
Of that lie thy soul hath spoken
Leave my loneliness unbroken
Quit the bust above my door
Take thy beak from out my heart

I fall from the holy empire
An angel that loosing his path
I am tormented with passion and fire
I am tormented with pride, greed and lust

And the Raven, never flitting
Still is sitting
Still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas
Just above my chamber door
And his eyes have all the seeming
Of a demons that is dreaming
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming
Throws his shadow on the floor
And my soul from out that shadow
That lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted, nevermore!





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  1. F.... G....

    The album is a front to back cinematic masterpiece for me...such an incredible way to close the album

  2. O.... T....

    Awesome!!!🤘🤘🤘

  3. C.... E....

    Ah, Poe and metal. What more could one ask for?

    C.... E....

    Yeah! 🤘

  4. A.... V....

    2:30 "And I raaaaan, I raaan so far awaaaay"

  5. a.... ....

    απίστευτη κομματάρα! Άλλη μια φορά δείχνουν την κλάση τους και το ότι έχουν περάσει σε άλλο επίπεδο! Το ζηλεύουν πολλά συγκροτήματα αυτό το κομμάτι!

  6. J.... S....

    Which Rap / HipHop artist of the 300 dislikes dedicated a song to a world known writer? Right! NONE, that's why we love METAL!

  7. g.... k....

    sublime para sumergirse en la noche plutonica

  8. S.... S....

    Masterpiece.Only one more, :*

  9. G.... A....

    NEVERMORE!

  10. R.... T....

    Our producer really likes this song

  11. R.... R....

    See you tonight with Moonspell
    05/11/2019

  12. E.... A....

    Wow this is something very special..... Thank you

  13. S.... S....

    Ótima musica ,linda poesia ...m i n h a banda preferida...

    S.... S....

    Pô mano eu também curto muito o ⛧Rotting Christ⛧ banda só tem álbum foda.
    Esse disco é excelente do início ao fim, mais o meu preferido deles é o "Aealo" aquele é insuperável!

  14. F.... T....

    This one right here, this is a masterpiece. It casts a ban upon me, every time I listen to this. It rings everything I love about horror, Poe, Lovecraft and accidentally even King (because Roland is from Gilead... and no, there is no balm there)

  15. O.... B....

    gives me behemoth vibes....especially the verbal verse

  16. c.... u....

    thanks /M /

  17. D.... V....

    Blessings from THE TRINITY 3. ✨🤳🔥✝️🙋🐝...

  18. R.... A....

    cant wait to see you in concert in Romania :)

  19. R.... A....

    <3 \m/ u rulz guys !!!!

  20. J.... L....

    POE would be proud ....

  21. A.... B....

    Το κοράκι λέει στον ερωτευμένο ΠΟΤΕ ΠΙΑ, αυτή είναι η γκοθιά του κορακιού. Η απελπισία που σκορπίζει, η ελπίδα που απαγορεύει σε όποιον θέλει να ζήσει και να αγαπήσει. Φέρνει μαζί του το έρεβος και την αφόρητη αποξένωση.

  22. E.... D....

    3:27 😓😓😓😓👍👍👌

  23. R.... R....

    November in Lisbon...i will be there to see this huge band...

  24. R.... K....

    Who said that Metal is only noise and for brainless people? Stupid an narrow minded people, sure...

  25. A.... E....

    Los comentarios debieran ser en Griego, ya que es una de las lenguas de los principios de nuestra humanidad.
    Τα σχόλια πρέπει να είναι στα ελληνικά, καθώς είναι μια από τις γλώσσες των αρχών της ανθρωπότητας μας

  26. L.... F....

    Take Thy beak from out my heart...

  27. m.... c....

    I feed i fly i die.

  28. M.... F....

    Anybody know what those symbols at the corners of the triangle mean?

    M.... F....

    hermetic-alchemist symbols of planets

  29. P.... M....

    Arrepentido de no haber escuchado esta gran banda desde a antes, magnifico sonido ..arriba el metal mieeeeerdaaa...🤘🤘🤘

  30. M.... V....

    Blast this in my mtf car ....

  31. J.... T....

    Fucking Epic!

  32. J.... �....

    I am glad someone made a song about this classic story

  33. R.... ....

    Goddamn this is good. I'm only just getting into this subgenre of metal and I'm fucken loving it!

  34. �.... �....

    the best from the album

  35. M.... H....

    Al chile no entendi lo que dice el poema pero sabian que la mascota de los cuervos de la NFL se llama "poe" en honor al autor del poema "Edgar Allan poe"?

  36. J.... V....

    Reborn for listen this song
    No i am born for become immortal 😈
    Immortal i am

  37. A.... S....

    IN THE EYE OF WOTAN!

  38. M.... G....

    Great video, but I don't like the font
    It is not good for metal...

  39. D.... ....

    I fall from the holy empire
    An angel that loosing his path
    I am tormented with passion and fire
    I am tormented with pride, greed and lust
    The raven
    Once upon a midnight dreary
    While I pondered, weak and weary
    Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore
    While I nodded, nearly napping
    Suddenly there came a tapping
    I am dreaming flying higher and higher
    I am dreaming hope, fear, love and pain
    My gracefull forbidden desire
    They always call whisper my name
    "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!
    Prophet still, if bird or devil!
    Whether Tempter sent
    Or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore
    Desolate yet all undaunted
    On this desert land enchanted
    On this home by Horror haunted
    Tell me truly, I implore
    Is there, is there balm in Gilead?
    Tell me, tell me, I implore!
    Quoth the Raven "Nevermore"
    I fall from the holy empire
    An angel that loosing his path
    I am tormented with passion and fire
    I am tormented with pride, greed and lust
    Deep into that darkness peering
    Long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting
    Dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
    Be that word our sign of parting,
    bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting
    Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
    Leave my loneliness unbroken! quit the bust above my door!
    Take thy beak from out my heart
    I fall from the holy empire
    An angel that loosing his path
    I am tormented with passion and fire
    I am tormented with pride, greed and lust
    And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
    On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
    And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming
    And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
    And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
    Shall be lifte

    Nevermore!

  40. A.... o....

    Ένα από τα καλύτερα κομμάτια τους.εκτελεση κι έμπνευση όπως πάντα από τον Σακαρο. Κι έχουν δρόμο ακόμα να διανύσουν.....

  41. H.... M....

    The ghost of Poe visited me tonight.



    :3

  42. J.... D....

    Beautiful!

  43. �.... �....

    Εγκεφαλικός βιασμός \m/ non serviam

  44. A.... M....

    Metal masterpiece!!!!!!🖤🖤🖤🤘🤘🤘

  45. J.... I....

    F-ing AWESOME!

  46. G.... R....

    Athens Greece, in November along with Moonspell... Can't wait!!!

  47. G.... B....

    Mother of god........i have stumbled upon a masterpiece because of septic flesh.........

  48. A.... G....

    Espectacular

  49. N.... ....

    Γαματο !! Τελεια ιδεα να βαλουν στιχους του Edgar στο τραγούδι. Όμως εχω μια απορία. Είμαι η μονη εδω που απ τη πρώτη φορά που άκουσα το τραγούδι μου θυμίζει πολυ το Alma Mater των Moonspell?

  50. L.... R....

    Soulfood

  51. �.... �....

    Please, drive to Habarovsk in Russia!!! We need you!!! Sorry of "break" english!

  52. L.... C....

    I support Rotting Christ

  53. m.... n....

    ΕΊΣΤΕ ΑΠΙΣΤΕΥΤΟΙ!!! ΜΠΡΆΒΟ!!

  54. J.... P....

    Name aside I really like this band more and more every song they are truly phenomenal

  55. R.... C....

    Beautifully,out of this world \m/

  56. U.... C....

    forever rc

  57. S.... B....

    One of the greatest metal bands out there.

  58. M.... L....

    😍😍😍😍😍

  59. L.... M....

    Great great song! 🤘

  60. S.... S....

    Да, норм 👌🏻😌

  61. J.... J....

    Hail my man Satan

  62. p.... p....

    guys the bible is the most horrible book in history!!!a horrible made up deity that ordere death,animal sacrifice and full obedience.also he has satan to corpoate together in the book of job to make a human suffer.so all the characters are just made up human inventions to control ignorants...!!

  63. B.... A....

    I fall from the holy empire
    An angel that loosing his path
    I am tormented with passion and fire
    I am tormented with pride, greed and lust
    The raven
    Once upon a midnight dreary
    While I pondered, weak and weary
    Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore
    While I nodded, nearly napping
    Suddenly there came a tapping
    I am dreaming flying higher and higher
    I am dreaming hope, fear, love and pain
    My gracefull forbidden desire
    They always call whisper my name
    "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!
    Prophet still, if bird or devil!
    Whether Tempter sent
    Or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore
    Desolate yet all undaunted
    On this desert land enchanted
    On this home by Horror haunted
    Tell me truly, I implore
    Is there, is there balm in Gilead?
    Tell me, tell me, I implore!
    Quoth the Raven "Nevermore"
    I fall from the holy empire
    An angel that loosing his path
    I am tormented with passion and fire
    I am tormented with pride, greed and lust
    Deep into that darkness peering
    Long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting
    Dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
    Be that word our sign of parting,
    bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting
    Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
    Leave my loneliness unbroken! quit the bust above my door!
    Take thy beak from out my heart
    I fall from the holy empire
    An angel that loosing his path
    I am tormented with passion and fire
    I am tormented with pride, greed and lust
    And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
    On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
    And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming
    And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
    And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
    Shall be lifte
    Nevermore!

  64. S.... ....

    ...and his eyes has all the seemen of a demon that is dreaming!!! This verse is impressive...

  65. S.... P....

    UN AUTENTICO TEMAZO UFFFFF ME ENCANTA ESTE TEMA

  66. D.... D....

    Take thy beak from out of my heart 🖤🤘🏻

  67. L.... R....

    Fucking great!!!

  68. j.... ....

    Listen more carefully and you will get the atmosphere of the mighty old days....the synth is like it came out from Non serviam era.....

  69. I.... A....

    Increíble 🌹 Edgar por siempre!!!

  70. N.... O....

    Rotting Christ remind us to be ourselves, through this song. The raven is the reflection of yourself who wants to be free.
    Freedom... is the most noble ideal.

  71. P.... A....

    "We are the shadow that kills , the hidden death that none suspects" Glory to Corvus Corax and the RavenGuard!

  72. L.... ....

    This is a clue. RC coming to Baltimore yaaaaa. The home of Edgar Allan Poe. 😂😂😂

  73. R.... N....

    que musica ducaralhooo

  74. L.... R....

    3:29 I can already hear the crowd chanting with the guitar in a live concert

  75. G.... M....

    The thing about The Raven from Poe is that it is subtle. There's no line in the poem saying "He was sad", but you feel that in Poe's words!
    You've just took maybe the best piece of poetry in human history and turned it in some obvious obnoxious crap. There's no point in turning The Raven in this obvious thing.

    G.... M....

    True, but this is still subtle for black metals standards :) I personally think it's an honest try, I enjoyed it.

  76. g.... ....

    😈😈rotting Christ😈😈🌎 worldwide 🌎⛪  (×_×)  🔫

  77. S.... S....

    Those guitars oh my God those guitars .. Aaaaaaaaaaah eargasm

  78. a.... S....

    with what software did they created such beautiful effects and objects and video ?

  79. A.... P....

    This band sucks, besides I like raping satanists with the inverted cross.

  80. L.... V....

    Its sound and powerful are unique...! Marvelous band...! Special greetings from Ecuador..!!!

  81. s.... 7....

    Just so you know, i'm gonna see you live on the 31st for the first time and i can't wait for it. Edgar Allan Poe has been my favorite poet so far. I love him to bits. Combining the raven with your stuff? Well, i just might cry... Its freaking fucking amazing.

  82. P.... I....

    🎶💫🎶

  83. �.... �....

    Скиньте кто-нибудь запись, где Куогинян читает отрывок этого стихотворения.

  84. A.... M....

    Herege!!!

  85. J.... L....

    Musica chingona, saludos desde México...

  86. W.... K....

    I went and bought the album a day after I heard this song. Excellent job, boys. I became a fan because of Heretics.

  87. J.... M....

    3:28 best part

  88. T.... V....

    A loan from another greek cust band maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZBCoOlSu48

  89. D.... F....

    Fukn epic \m/ looking 4wrd to hearing the album , Thy mighty contract still one of my all time favourite metal albums still to this day 😈😈😈

  90. A.... M....

    Quoth the raven, nevermore

  91. t.... ....

    Heretics, Partizans, Underdogs, Scums of the Earth unite. RC are spreading the message globally.

  92. T.... R....

    The best in the entire album. Masterpiece. Art.

  93. S.... L....

    This is so fucking good I wanna cry actually lmao 😂

  94. R.... S....

    Fuck off those 217 who disliked this masterpiece, and fuck those who throughout the years to come who will also dislike it. 🖕 It's called METAL. If you can't handle the music from it, DON'T LOOK IT UP! Mysterious how that works. 😂 Same people who dislike this also are liking videos of no-talent "artists" for lack of better terms like Drake, Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber, etc (please, spare me the even worse ones in the entire field of country music, digging up these names of filth for "talent" was hard enough as it was). Please, like seriously, go the fuck away unless you are a legitimate metal, AND also, Rotting Christ fan. Room for negotiation for Edgar Allan Poe lovers (if you aren't already a fan... What's the problem?), in which case, please elaborate for me.

    R.... S....

    Respect \m/ Keep the Spirit alive

  95. T.... ....

    Κάτι ξέχασαν στο dead poem !!

  96. M.... M....

    ❤🍃