Absinthe - Blood Axis

Absinthe, I adore you, truly!

It seems, when I drink you

I inhale the young forest’s soul

During the beautiful green season

Your perfume disconcerts me

And in your opalescence

I see the full heavens of yore

As through an open door

What now, oh refuge of the damned!

That you a vain paradise be

If you appease my need;

And if, before I enter the door

You make me put up with life

By accustoming me to death

Absinthe;

say no more, say no more…

I am the green fairy

My robe is the color of despair

I have nothing in common with the fairies of the past

What I need is blood, red and hot

The palpitating flesh of my victims

Alone, I will kill France, the present is dead

Long live the future…

But me, I kill the future and in family I destroy

The love of country, courage, honor

I am the purveyor of hell, penitentiaries, hospitals

Absinthe;

say no more, say no more…

Who am I finally?

I am the instigator of crime

I am ruin and sorrow

I am shame

I am dishonour

I am death

I am absinthe

I am shame

I am dishonour

I am death

I am absinthe

Absinthe;

say no more, say no more…