Since the veil seems to be a topic deep on my mind lately, my partner and I came across this song recently released and just realized the lyrics. I usually feel music intuitively but am always surprised to see the lyrics match the feeling I got from the song.
Smashing Pumpkins - Beguiled
So swallow hard the serpent
Of many tags and faces hid in masks
Coiled 'round this lung until the last
He’ll crack your boots, young pagans
'Cause like you, I was hatched to traipse on cold
And 17’s a long-drawn way from hope
And I’ve learned these lessons I was taught
Taut, so taught
And now I’m telling you
Return the faith
Return the faith
They’re smashing out the veils
Return the faith
And there’s no escape
So return the faith
With charging light brigades
Return the faith
You’ve gotta move
So as betrayed by rainbows
Here I convey I’ve sold out your dear 'cause
And the king has placed us in his jaws
It’s sure, no place can hold us
But in this scene I’m December
And your June’s wretch
And my idyls lay gasping as if death
And I’ve learned these lessons I was taught
Taut, so taught
And now I’m telling you
Return the faith
Return the faith
They’re smashing out the veils
Return the faith
And there’s no escape
So return the faith
With charging light brigades
Return the faith
You’ve gotta move
Return the faith
(Return the faith)
Return the faith
(Return the faith)
Return the faith
This song also resonates with me right now.
Lord Huron - Vide Noir
Many nights have I heard her voice
Whisper my name without making a noise
Calling out from a pure, black void
Tears of sorrow or tears of joy
Drops in my cup if my mind is destroyed
Staring into a pure, black void
So what if I make it out past the edge?
So what if I never come back again?
Many evils have I enjoyed
Prowling the night raising hell with the boys
Getting high on a pure, black void
I am only a nameless soul
Heading into a pure, black void
So what if I make it out past the edge?
So what if I never come back again?
Where can you go when it’s all in your head?
These are the last words that I ever said
Where can you go when it’s all in your head?
I am only a nameless soul
Heading into a pure, black void
I am only a nameless soul
Heading into a pure, black void