Samael - Crown Lyrics






If eyes are the mirror of the soul
You will find in mine the scorn and apathy
You will read my hatred as in a curs'd book
You will see yourself as I see you

It is a mirror sombre and opaque
Which protects me, which stifles me
A great ditch around the heart
Which rejects, which estranges me

There is a world in my head
A dead world where nothing lives
And it is there I am, too far
Far too far to be rejoined

A crown of thorns is still a crown

I am a king in a kingdom of suffering
I have taken my time to reach this stage
I have taken pains to torture myself
To descend, to descend
Into pain, I exist
And if my brain is numbed
The thorn in my flesh
Can overcome apathy

There is glory in humiliation
A throne to be taken, a crown to win

I have no more tears
And my smile has lost its brilliance
I have forgotten who I was
I have killed my emotions
Crushed, empty, weary
Always standing, I am a tree
Awaiting the lightning





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  1. P.... L....

    Going on 26 years old, and in every bit an ungodly blasphemous fucking masterpiece

  2. M.... W....

    Love the fuzzed out guitar tones of OSDM. So thick. Metal today just isn't as brutal as this.

  3. G.... L....

    "Always standing, I am a tree
    Awaiting the lightning"

    talking about indifference.. it's just like Stoicism

  4. M.... A....

    deathmetalmauro

  5. R.... M....

    muito boa, valeu!

  6. P.... L....

    Twenty three years have passed and yet this fucking jewel refuses to stop shining.

  7. D.... H....

    this Is what illumination means.

  8. M.... A....

    haunque la corona sea de espinas aun sigue siendo una corona

  9. M.... S....

    What a beautiful real song guys

    Rejoice in lilith braver and with more compasión than the so called father

  10. P.... S....

    SAMAEL CROWN POWER

  11. E.... B....

    And it is there I am, too far,
    Far too far to be rejoined

  12. K.... S....

    fuck!!!

  13. J.... J....

    "A crown of thorns is still a crown."

  14. p.... ....

    Baltimore, MD --- May 27, 2016.

  15. X.... ....

    Vaya temazo .sin duda el mejor album de Samael.

  16. S.... m....

    excelente lml no me canso de escucharla .....

    S.... m....

    I'm a tree waiting the lightning...^

    S.... m....

    Steffanie morbid donde vives bella bruja

  17. W.... B....

    Me dijo mi papi que si hubiera sido niño, me iba a poner "Samael" :'D

    W.... B....

    Pero pareces niño ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) :VVVV

    W.... B....

    +Franco Bisentti Hablas de mi foto del 2012 êwê

    W.... B....

    @Zeta phantomhive Omaiga!! Creí que era reciente :0

    W.... B....

    XD nunca la cambio

    W.... B....

    Sha veo

  18. P.... �....

    Super song,awesome!

  19. S.... ....

    If you listen carefully: it seems to be a really private song of Vorphallack aka Michael Locher. The franco-swiss accent in combination to the down-tuned c-sharp guitar and the hideous background sampler, just makes this sound gorgeous! For me: one of the best top-ten records of all time! (And i am listening to any kind of music;-)
    Besides: the original 94´ vinyl sounds a lot better than the poor cd-mastering!

  20. S.... ....

    Very good but not as good as God is ;-)

    S.... ....

    God doesn't exist bitch

    S.... ....

    @DethMetelOnly in your dreams only

    S.... ....

    Yeah, it's right.

    S.... ....

    You are right and you are so gay dude..

    S.... ....

    DethMetelOnly You are so Christian

  21. m.... b....

    Just a great album! Remember seeing them with MORBID ANGEL in 1994! The last true black metal album they did!

  22. G.... A....

    Samael in Ceremony is a Dark/Black Metal Band

    I consider this Dark Metal


    and of course a fucking great Album their best.

  23. J.... D....

    the best

  24. p.... ....

    I remember running home to listen to it when it was released in 1994:)Musically and atmospherically great album but taking it's ideological layer too seriously is just childish. They moved on and glorify life not death nowadays. Also well done by Waldemar Sorychta, brilliant Polish musician and producer.

  25. K.... B....

    И в какое они потом сраное говно скатились после 97го...

  26. f.... ....

    "There is glory in humiliation
    A throne to be taken, a crown to win"

    That's so badass.

    f.... ....

    "HEEEEEERE!"

  27. E.... ....

    Soooooooooo Geil *.*

  28. Y.... S....

    hail satan!

  29. p.... ....

    wrong lyrics from mr. OrcaSmut

  30. T.... ....

    Молодцы Samael!

  31. J.... ....

    Damn - it's awesome. Riffs and lyrics are pure genius.

  32. D.... ....

    ╭∩╮(︶︿︶)╭∩╮

  33. T.... ....

    @DethMetelOnly Ares!

  34. D.... ....

    I cant find this song ON ITUNES IM SO PISSED someone help? :(

  35. c.... ....

    Once driving a van to take these guys to a show (I think 1999) I asked, "are you guys black metal, death metal, or.....? After a second of silence, the response was "we're metal metal." laughter from all in the van.

  36. D.... ....

    @DetNosnip (Not sure why this never came up in my inbox.)

    Yeah, this is the epitome of Black Metal. As I said in comment on another Samael song recently (Flagellation... look, you'll find it), "When this came out, it was THE BEST of everything that was Black Metal, shortly after Black Metal first spawned from Death Metal."

    Just because it doesn't sound like it was recorded on a casio tape deck doesn't mean it's not Black Metal. Sorry if you disagree.

  37. J.... R....

    de black metal pasar a goticos.......

  38. i.... s....

    Nenadjebivi Samael!!!

  39. E.... N....

    admirable fusiòn de nihilismo en las letras y fuerza para expresarlo musicalmente

  40. E.... N....

    obra maestra!!

  41. A.... A....

    Not that it should make any difference (the music is great no matter what you call it), but Ceremony Of Opposites is definately black metal. To call it anything else would be rediculous!

  42. i.... ....

    1:55 Love it

  43. R.... ....

    No, this is not black metal ..it's still fucking awesome metal though :)

  44. J.... M....

    4 Dislikes? Satans is going to have 4 souls to sodomize

  45. D.... ....

    @DarthMohammed Do you really consider this black metal?

  46. I.... Y....

    Amongst other things. the "love" of a woman will make these lyrics infinitely more prominent...... such is life i guess.

  47. N.... H....

    i just started listening to Samael and all i gotta say is... EPIC O_O

  48. J.... M....

    Ceremony of the Opposites is Samaels Master Piece, Magna Cum Laude

  49. I.... D....

    @DarthMohammed
    Well , let's not mock the whole genre...There were still really good songs from other bands even if the genre itself had a slow fall for a period..But then again who cares?we still have these epic songs to enjoy:) For example i still love Windir after all these years..

    And about depressing lyrics...Did u turn your TV on the past years on MTV?...those are depressing lyrics...It's nothing more depressing than Britney singing

  50. D.... ....

    Black metal has gone downhill ever since Samael started doing industrial metal. Don't get me wrong... I like their newer stuff, too. But, in my honest opinion, Ceremony of Opposites was the greatest black metal album ever, and nothing since then comes close to the grandiose "epic"-ness that was on this album.

    "I'm a king in a kingdom of suffering..." - most epic, depressing lyrics ever written.

  51. I.... Y....

    2 dislikes huh? well, at least there are two sacrifices to Samael.....

  52. S.... F....

    these lyrics are true black philosphy, even more that all the wankering bullshit of satan (not true satanism), and are what black lyrics should always be, hail samael, black poetry

  53. T.... L....

    Pure Samael!!

  54. C.... D....

    Samaeil isn't like this anymore they went a more techhy sounding space metal type deal

  55. I.... Y....

    this song is relevant to my life.

  56. J.... I....

    samael and satyricon made me like black metal. this is just awesome, not like the average black metal, which is boring, at least for me.

  57. M.... ....

    Masterrpiece... dark black industrial..ç

    only and original

  58. D.... K....

    For many years - still lovin´ it. Hail Samael!!

  59. M.... S....

    always standing - i'm a tree awaiting the lightning...

  60. A.... F....

    o melhor álbum do Samael

  61. f.... ....

    Totalmente de acuerdo con MarcoXxXjaguar, me lo has quitado de la boca ^^

  62. M.... F....

    Este album es una obra de arte de principio a fin.

  63. f.... c....

    this is my fav. thanks uploader ! milions of thanks ! you will see yourself as i see you....
    don't find the words to say what a great band is samael. i remember that when i was haveing 12 years old, i painted my pants, i wrote samael on my blue jeans... amazing. thank you for sharing this.

  64. W.... A....

    Awesome band! ....Hail!

  65. M.... M....

    Genial!

  66. I.... Y....

    perfect.

  67. g.... ....

    this album is a masterpiece... SAMAEL RULE!

  68. v.... ....

    Vorph - Michael Locher
    Xy - Alexandre Locher

  69. g.... ....

    This song is the very reason why we old fuckers are heavy continue to maintain our hate.

  70. p.... ....

    pure passion and devotion...
    one of the best lyrics in metal besides

  71. r.... ....

    this is one of my favorite

  72. C.... ....

    Awesome. Hail Samael.

  73. M.... F....

    impresionante rola de mis preferidas de Samael, los de Samael son los masters de masters, ojala vuelvan a México pronto ke ya tiene como 10 años ke vinieron!

  74. v.... ....

    Great song!