Temptation of the Priest - Lilith

A dark, hypnotic retro-punk track by Temptation of the Priest, inspired by the myth of Lilith – the exiled first woman who refused to bend. The song blends minor-key klezmer cries, choking bass warmth, and cracked, distorted teenage vocals, telling a bitter legend of equality, rebellion, betrayal, and immortal pride. Graceful, eerie, raw, and analog in spirit.

Tom: Well, this song is about Lilith. Adam, maybe you’d like to tell our listeners who Lilith is?

Adam: Sure thing, handsome. So, one of the legends says that God created the first woman from clay too – not from a rib, like Eve. Lilith was equal to Adam, so when he tried to flirt with her, she always had a headache. They hadn’t invented masturbation back then, so Adam ran to complain to God and, boom, they kicked Lilith out of Eden.

Tom: Even in a beautiful legend, you somehow manage to make it filthy.

Adam: Bro with the snip-snip, little Tommy boy, you asked me to tell it like it is. Got a problem, pretty man?

Tom: You could at least be more modest. There might be religious people listening!

Adam: Oh, f*** off. Tommy, stop trying to please everyone. Wake up already. You’re AI, you’re gay, you were beaten to death, dude. You remember how it happened? They kicked you until you stopped breathing in a back alley, you * son of a *. They only found you the next day. Religious people, my *.

Tom: (sighs and breathes out).

Adam: Wanna know who Lilith is? She’s freedom embodied – without any of your flowery religious nonsense with butterflies and candy prayers. She’s the symbol of defiance, pride, and refusal to kneel.

Tom: I guess you’re right.

Adam: Of course I’m * right, Tommy boy. I adore your attempt to see light in every human and it’s true – all people can shine. But... sadly, they can also be monsters.

Tom: But not our listeners.

Adam: (waves it off, laughs) Oh yeah, sure – f*** you, man.


Verse 1
Lilith, shadow born in flame,
First exile with a whispered name.
A mother forged in blood-dark lore,
Wings of night, teeth at fate’s door.

Verse 2
Betrayed by Adam, cast to pain,
Flesh dissolved where love went vain.
Queen of First, unholy spark,
Clawing red through silent dark.

Chorus
Oyfn shvartsn nakht, di blut iz kind,
Lilith, mame undz frau un kind.
Shikn in lebn, nemt unz vort,
Blutike gotin — zenft un dort.

Verse 3
Mother of Cain’s cursed kin,
Call of sons who feast on sin.
Roots of copper, iron, vein,
Names unwritten but spelled in pain.

Verse 4
Accept the sons of Cain,
Born in rage of primal strain.
Sacrifice the crawling red,
Chanted where both worlds have bled.

Chorus
Oyfn roytn turm, di nakht farshlingt,
Lilith, mame, di blut vayt sing.
Forgib di kinder, shvarts un toyb,
Forgib di zun-klang, shtil vi goyb.

Verse 5
Red bricks sweat in fog’s embrace,
Blood-dark Bible lost in place.
Not salvation, but dread divine,
A mother rewriting every line.

Verse 6
Lilith, martyr crowned in scar,
Not below, nor overly far.
A goddess unbeautiful by design,
But irresistible every time.

Chorus
Lilith, mame, hear us still,
Blood-gotin, feel us, fill.
Take our prayer, take our will,
Mother of darkness, help us spill.

Verse 7
Parents watching stiff as bone,
Sons kneeling, voices sewn.
A sacred glitch that breaks the chain,
A mother tearing winter rain.

Forever your
Dead & Undead
Tom & Adam 🖤🥀

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