Hymni Diabolus
Lyrics
The whispers
Helped me see
That without you
I wouldn’t be
I thought the world
Would swallow my soul
When you returned
I became whole
Hold me close
Never let go
You give me strength
To go on
You bring the night
When you undress
You shine a light
In the darkness
I’ll worship you forever
Bring me a knife on a feather
All seven heads together
I am at your pleasure
Quoniam non est nobis colluctatio
Adversus carnem et sanguinem
The whispers
Helped me see
That without you
I wouldn’t be
I thought the world
Would swallow my soul
When you returned
I became whole
Hold me close
Never let go
You give me strength
To go on
You bring the night
When you undress
You shine a light
In the darkness
“Devil’s Hymn”
About
Just like “Waterfall” being made from Hanssen’s old materials, Hymni Diabolus was made from Halvari’s old materials. The original parts were made from various riffs picked up from a bunch of old song sketches Halvari worked on during his time in university for a project which never materialised.
The middle section of the song goes through an instrumental sequence A-B-C, where the respective sequences have their own time signatures of 4/4, 9/8, and 7/4. Throughout these sections, however, there’s a constant ostinato in the strings and woodwind playing a consistent 2/4 over these other time signatures through the entire middle section.