CURRENT 93 – The Great, Bloody and Bruised Veil of the World / Into the Menstrual Night I Go

Both songs are taken from Current 93’s album Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre – The Broken Heart of Man (1993)

The great, bloody and bruised veil of the world The great, bloody and bruised veil of the world The trees wave in England The streams flow in England The poor halt in England The poor heart of England “And did those feet…” Hobbled and crippled as They were By our disbelief Hope here to find Some honesty (Green colour of the grass The horsefresh smell arising From its quietly glowing glory) And did They As They move from one sad gap of heart To another Did They hope to find us open Look: much is my armour I can show you all the walls that may be built But mostly most of all- There’s a wall of words Around my heaart which is my soul which is my all God is not dead for all of us (And goodbye to you all) This is all Paradise Here is Garden Of upon Garden Of Upon Suns and Beetles The Ladybird lands upon my knee The Lark is all joy There are birds upon birds Beyond the great, bloody, bruised and silent veil Of this world The kind one waits Staggered pain of being The great, bloody and bruised veil of the world The great, bloody and bruised veil of this world

Into the menstrual night we’ll go Hey ho hey ho Into the blue woods we shall go Hey ho ho Into the blue woods we shall go Hey ho hey ho Beyond the blue gates we shall go Hey ho ho Beyond the blue gates we shall go Hey ho hey ho Into the lovely green sea we shall go Hey ho ho Into the lovely blue sky we shall go Hey ho hey ho Lipped love light shall lift the skies Hey ho ho Sounds love life lifts the skies Hey ho hey ho The masque has nearly begun my dear Hey ho ho