Happy Birthday Songtext
von Current 93

In menstrual night, when red is black
And smiley crawls from the crack
Wrapped in tatters and flailing in mud
Child defiled with tears and blood
Oh, oh, oh

In menstrual night, when red is black
And darkness crawls out of the crack
Some were born in fields of mourning
Some were ripped in fields of life
Some bowed down in echoed splendour
Some were torn in fields of tears
Were crushed by church and raped by father
Bled by mother, torn and tearing
Scarlet playgrounds on iron railways
Christ′s pale body is crucified

Time was, time is, time shall be no more
Time was, time is, time shall be no more


Some with tears and some with laughter
Some in sadness, all in vain
In fields fresh-crippled is the glint of sickles
The scars of sunsets, the sound of reaping
You and I on threshing floors
Lost and losing, parched and praying
All have numbers but none have names
All have numbers but none have names

Time was, time is, time shall be no more
Time was, time is, time shall be no more

Here open the gates of heaven
Here open the gates of hell
Here open the gates of heaven
Here open the gates of hell
Here open the gates of heaven
Here open the gates of hell
Here open the gates of heaven
Here open the gates of hell

Time was, time is, time shall be no more
Time was, time is, time shall be no more


In menstrual night
We reckon bird in the menstrual night
In menstrual night
We fall asleep in the menstrual night
In menstrual night
We shall return to the menstrual night
In menstrual night (Here open the gates of heaven)
On our knees in the menstrual night (Here open the gates of hell)
Thank you very much
That's all we know