Menace Ruine – Venus Armata (2023 version)

From the album Venus Armata (2023 Reissue) Music and lyrics by Geneviève Beaulieu Venus Armata May is rising Like a dream I fade away from your arms After you have searched me for years My tears are falling Like tiny white pearls I vanish in a vapour of benzoin Goodbye my beloved, Goodbye, I am needed here no more Go on and make your own way Follow her voice, and be empowered Follow her voice, and be empowered by her love chant but resist her charms It will lead you to the center of the earth Withstand her fire her ancestral light Her beauty unveiled, asleep and naked, to your soul will give rise In the fiery darkness, I found a king among the flames Follow her voice, and be empowered By her love chant but resist her charms Withstand her fire, Her beauty unveiled, and turbulence will give way to a blissful Spring How would you have known there was a ghost living in your veins? Until you are fire-hardened An adversary of fire How would you have known there was a ghost living in your veins? Wake up and see that you are the one chosen Her inner light will bless you with a feast of blossom Exhilarating forces of May in your heart are dawning Exhilarating flowers of May in you are growing No longer cold, nor impure, we are No longer heavy, nor obscure, we are Time to collect the aniada, The burning nettle and flammula May dawning, pink and exalted Rejuvenating For so long, my heart, where were you hiding? Why did Spring have to return in this rain of tears? Because without your tears I would have never been awaken, And without mine, you would have never been at rest Germinative water has to come down, so we rise up A battle of love resolved into an adieu Winds have scattered our voices like echoes Until they gather as a bold plainsong Winds have scattered promises and hope Of embrace and reunion of our souls One of us brought death into this world, Another one drove it away Her power is only one Her triumph is a solace to us all She must return to the realms of water now From sea foam we emerge, to sea foam we’ll return What will spring from this fountain of grace? Who will be turned into a stone, but a watery one Who has been burnt at the stake, and now is shielded from fire Time has come to bring the bride back to life Mountains have melted, at the softness of your wings There’s no dragon I couldn’t fight, and no desert land to fear You paved my way with thorns, and then with lilies, Now I am crowned with your roses Thou hast proved me in the fire and no evil was found in me Like a giant eagle flying above the fray No dragon I couldn’t fight, no desert land to fear For this stain of fire, I was given at your sight For its power, they may burn me But with love I’ll fight, your love oh mother And your armor of love will save me.