Love Crimes

Moonspell's 'Love Crimes' is a hauntingly poetic exploration of love, loss, and the mystical forces that bind them. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of cold nights and soft winds, setting a somber and eerie tone. The imagery of witches, sharp ice, and velvet waters evokes a sense of dark enchantment, suggesting that love, in this context, is both beautiful and perilous. The repeated references to 'distant nights of passion and doom' highlight the duality of love as both a source of ecstasy and inevitable sorrow.

The song delves into the mysterious and ritualistic aspects of love, with lines like 'to carve strange symbols unknown to me' and 'marks of a pain, signs of a love crime.' These metaphors suggest that love leaves indelible marks on the soul, much like a ritualistic scarification. The 'innocent moon' serves as a silent witness to these nocturnal rites, adding a layer of celestial observation to the earthly passions. The moon's 'accomplice smile' hints at a complicity in these love crimes, as if the celestial body itself is part of the lovers' secret world.

The final verses bring a sense of eternal longing and sorrow. The 'mute villains' and 'insolent vampires' imagery portrays the lovers as eternal beings, forever condemned to remember their lost bride. The 'great silver eye' of the moon becomes a symbol of their eternal witness, shining down on their endless nights of sorrow and pride. The song's closing lines, 'for all the eternities we'll still cry,' encapsulate the timeless nature of their love and loss, suggesting that some emotions are so profound they transcend time and space.