Bluebeard's Chamber Lyrics


At last my life has been evil

And I have shown cruelty

To those who were in need of succour.

The poor called to me and I did not hearken

And my ears were closed

To the cries of the afflicted.

And so did I.

To those who lacked help I have been bitter

The inheritance of the fatherless

I did take unto myself.

He who came for water went away thirsting

And the outlawed men

I betrayed before dawn.

And so did I.

I wounded the hands that fed me

The breasts that gave me suck I did despise.

The enemy who spared me

I snared in an ambush and sold for a price.

I am the source of rebellion

And with evil I requite good

And with wrongdoing kindness.

To my sins I build seven altars

My Idols aren't of gold nor of silver

But of flesh that dies.