Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt

“Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt” is a song by The Mars Volta, first appearing on De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) and featured on 3 releases in the archive. It has been performed live 173 times, between 2003 and 2024. Its live debut was at Fleece & Firkin, Bristol, United Kingdom. Full lyrics are documented below.

173 times played 7% of shows
2003 live debut Mar 2, 2003
60 shows since last played last: Jun 14, 2024
1,649 shows, longest absence

Has opened 7 shows and closed 66; it usually lands mid-set.

Most often follows Televators (55×), Concertina (28×) or This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed (27×); most often flows into Concertina (35×), Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus (34×) or Asilos Magdalena (9×).

Appears on

De-Loused in the Comatorium De-Loused in the Comatorium The Mars Volta 2003 Scabdates Scabdates The Mars Volta 2005 Live At The Electric Ballroom Live At The Electric Ballroom The Mars Volta 2005

Lyrics

You must have been phlegmatic in stature. The gates of thanos are a spread eagle wide. You let the shutters make sackcloth and ashes out of a blind mans picaresque heart. You take the veil..you’ll take the dive..you take the veil. It’s not over till the tremulant sings. These ideas of march are they so make believe ? How tempts the revenant…slice up and not across. You take the veil..you’ll take the dive.. you take the veil. A mass of gallon sloth, as flys have walls for feet. A rapturous verbatim, someone said but who is to know. And when you find the fringe, the one last hit that spent you, you’ll find the ossuary spilling by the day. Iconoclastic had it coming for years, they know the prisons that you have yet to fear…where thumbs hide inside of sleepingbag mouths, adlib your memoires by casting a drought. You take the veil…you’ll take the dive..you take the veil. A mass of gallon sloth..as flys have walls for feet. A rapturous verbatim-someone said but who is to know.

And when you find the fringe, the one last hit that spent you, you’ll find the ossuary spilling by the day. Knife me in….hobbling….talking in it’s sleep again

Knife me in….hobbling….talking in it’s sleep again. Knife me in… hobbling…talking in it’s sleep again. Knife me in… hobbling…talking in It’s sleep again. Virulent hives…of bedpost piles…virulent hives…Who brought me here, forsaken,depraved and wrought with fear…who turned it off? The last thing I remember now…who brought me here?

Forsaken,depraved and wrought with fear..who turned it off? The last thing I remember now. Who brought me here?

Videos

De-Loused in the ComatoriumWatch on YouTube ↗

Studio & Official(3)

Live Videos(11)

Tabs via Songsterr

Performance History (173)

Date Venue Came after Went into
Jun 14, 2024 Great Stage Park · Manchester, Tennessee, United States Graveyard Love Cicatriz ESP
Jun 12, 2024 KEMBA Live! · Columbus, Ohio, United States Shore Story Asilos Magdalena
Jun 10, 2024 The Admiral Theater · Omaha, Nebraska, United States Shore Story Asilos Magdalena
Jun 9, 2024 Old National Centre · Indianapolis, Indiana, United States Shore Story Asilos Magdalena
Jun 8, 2024 The Sylvee · Madison, Wisconsin, United States Shore Story Asilos Magdalena
Jun 6, 2024 Val Air Ballroom · West Des Moines, Iowa, United States Shore Story Asilos Magdalena
Oct 14, 2023 The Fox Theater Pomona · Pomona, California, United States Shore Story Asilos Magdalena
Oct 11, 2023 The Union Event Center · Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Shore Story Asilos Magdalena
Oct 9, 2023 Red Rocks Amphitheatre · Morrison, Colorado, United States Shore Story Asilos Magdalena
Oct 8, 2023 Uptown Theater · Kansas City, Missouri, United States Shore Story Asilos Magdalena
Oct 3, 2023 The Factory · Chesterfield, Missouri, United States Graveyard Love Shore Story
Oct 1, 2023 Ryman Auditorium · Nashville, Tennessee, United States Graveyard Love Shore Story
Sep 30, 2023 The Andrew J Brady Music Center · Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Graveyard Love Shore Story
Sep 29, 2023 Old Forester's Paristown Hall · Louisville, Kentucky, United States Graveyard Love Shore Story
Sep 27, 2023 Stage AE · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Graveyard Love Shore Story
Sep 25, 2023 returned after 1,649 shows MTELUS · Montreal, Quebec, Canada Graveyard Love Shore Story
Dec 3, 2005 Pontin's Camber Sands · Rye, United Kingdom Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Nov 30, 2005 Carling Academy Birmingham · Birmingham, United Kingdom Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Oct 14, 2005 returned after 37 shows Santa Barbara Bowl · Santa Barbara, California, United States Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus Concertina
Jun 22, 2005 Roxy Prague · Prague, Czech Republic Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Jun 21, 2005 Stodola · Warsaw, Poland Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Jun 18, 2005 Tornavansaari · Seinajoki, Finland Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Jun 16, 2005 Lake Hulingen · Hultsfred, Sweden Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Jun 10, 2005 Great Stage Park · Manchester, Tennessee, United States Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Jun 8, 2005 Abraham Chavez Theatre · El Paso, Texas, United States Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Jun 7, 2005 Dodge Theatre · Phoenix, Arizona, United States Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Jun 4, 2005 Greek Theatre · Los Angeles, California, United States Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Jun 3, 2005 William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre · Berkeley, California, United States Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
May 31, 2005 The Fillmore Denver · Denver, Colorado, United States Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
May 19, 2005 Roy Wilkins Auditorium · St. Paul, Minnesota, United States Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
May 17, 2005 Riviera Theatre · Chicago, Illinois, United States Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
May 16, 2005 Riviera Theatre · Chicago, Illinois, United States Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
May 15, 2005 State Theatre · Detroit, Michigan, United States L'Via L'Viaquez The Widow
May 13, 2005 Kool Haus · Toronto, Ontario, Canada Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
May 12, 2005 Metropolis Montreal · Montreal, Quebec, Canada Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
May 10, 2005 Avalon Ballroom · Boston, Massachusetts, United States Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
May 9, 2005 The Palladium · Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
May 7, 2005 Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel · Providence, Rhode Island, United States Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
May 6, 2005 Roseland Ballroom · New York City, New York, United States Drunkship of Lanterns Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
May 5, 2005 Roseland Ballroom · New York City, New York, United States Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
May 3, 2005 Electric Factory · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Drunkship of Lanterns Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
May 1, 2005 Electric Factory · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Apr 29, 2005 Tabernacle · Atlanta, Georgia, United States Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Apr 28, 2005 Orpheum Theater New Orleans · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Concertina Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Apr 26, 2005 Verizon Wireless Arena · Houston, Texas, United States Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of) The Widow
Apr 25, 2005 Austin Music Hall · Austin, Texas, United States L'Via L'Viaquez The Widow
Apr 22, 2005 RIMAC · La Jolla, California, United States Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of) The Widow
Mar 16, 2005 Brixton Academy · Brixton, United Kingdom The Widow Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Mar 15, 2005 Elysee Montmartre · Paris, France Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus The Widow
Mar 13, 2005 Brixton Academy · Brixton, United Kingdom Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus The Widow
Mar 12, 2005 Manchester Academy · Manchester, United Kingdom Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus The Widow
Mar 11, 2005 Barrowland Ballroom · Glasgow, United Kingdom The Widow Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Mar 9, 2005 Carling Academy Birmingham · Birmingham, United Kingdom Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus The Widow
Mar 7, 2005 Rohstofflager · Zurich, Switzerland Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus Cassandra Gemini
Mar 6, 2005 Rolling Stone · Milan, Italy Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus Cassandra Gemini
Mar 4, 2005 Muffatwerk · Munich, Germany Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus The Widow
Mar 3, 2005 Live Music Hall · Cologne, Germany The Widow Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Mar 1, 2005 Huxleys Neue Welt · Berlin, Germany The Widow Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Feb 27, 2005 Berns · Stockholm, Sweden The Widow Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Feb 26, 2005 Rockefeller Music Hall · Oslo, Norway The Widow Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Feb 24, 2005 Docks Club · Hamburg, Germany The Widow Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Feb 23, 2005 Paradiso · Amsterdam, Netherlands The Widow Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
Feb 22, 2005 Ancienne Belgique · Brussels, Belgium Set opener Drunkship of Lanterns
Feb 8, 2005 Liquid Room · Tokyo, Japan Set opener Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)
Feb 5, 2005 Makuhari Messe · Chiba, Japan Set opener Drunkship of Lanterns
Nov 7, 2004 Jockey Club de São Paulo · Sao Paulo, Brazil Concertina Drunkship of Lanterns
Nov 5, 2004 Club Ciudad · Buenos Aires, Argentina Concertina Drunkship of Lanterns
Nov 4, 2004 Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo · Las Condes, Chile Set opener Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)
Oct 23, 2004 Verizon Amphitheater · Irvine, California, United States Set opener Concertina
Oct 21, 2004 Catalyst · Santa Cruz, California, United States Set opener Concertina
May 13, 2004 The Wiltern · Los Angeles, California, United States Televators Set closer
May 12, 2004 The Wiltern · Los Angeles, California, United States Set opener Eunuch Provocateur
May 6, 2004 The Wiltern · Los Angeles, California, United States Televators Set closer
Mar 21, 2004 Albuquerque Convention Center · Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States Eunuch Provocateur Drunkship of Lanterns
Mar 20, 2004 Magness Arena · Denver, Colorado, United States Eriatarka Drunkship of Lanterns
Jan 22, 2004 Metro Theatre · Sydney, Australia Televators Set closer
Jan 15, 2004 Galatos · Auckland, New Zealand Televators Set closer
Jan 11, 2004 Club Quattro Osaka · Osaka, Japan Televators Set closer
Jan 10, 2004 Club Quattro Tokyo · Tokyo, Japan Televators Set closer
Jan 8, 2004 Club Quattro Nagoya · Nagoya, Japan Televators Set closer
Jan 7, 2004 Shibuya-AX · Tokyo, Japan Televators Set closer
Dec 4, 2003 Paradise Garage · Lisbon, Portugal Televators Set closer
Dec 3, 2003 Sala Arena · Madrid, Spain Televators Set closer
Dec 2, 2003 Sala Apolo · Barcelona, Spain Televators Set closer
Nov 30, 2003 Abart Club · Zurich, Switzerland Televators Set closer
Nov 29, 2003 Rainbow Club · Milan, Italy Televators Set closer
Nov 28, 2003 Szene Wien · Vienna, Austria Televators Set closer
Nov 26, 2003 SO36 · Berlin, Germany Televators Set closer
Nov 24, 2003 Astoria · London, United Kingdom Televators Set closer
Nov 23, 2003 Astoria · London, United Kingdom Televators Set closer
Nov 22, 2003 Rock City · Nottingham, United Kingdom Televators Set closer
Nov 20, 2003 Manchester Academy · Manchester, United Kingdom Televators Set closer
Nov 19, 2003 Barrowland Ballroom · Glasgow, United Kingdom Televators Set closer
Nov 17, 2003 Gebaude 9 · Cologne, Germany Televators Set closer
Nov 15, 2003 Kulturbolaget · Malmo, Sweden Televators Set closer
Nov 14, 2003 Betong · Oslo, Norway Televators Set closer
Nov 13, 2003 Mondo · Stockholm, Sweden Televators Set closer
Nov 10, 2003 The Fillmore San Francisco · San Francisco, California, United States Televators Set closer
Oct 25, 2003 Avalon Ballroom · Boston, Massachusetts, United States Televators Set closer
Oct 24, 2003 Roseland Ballroom · New York City, New York, United States Televators Set closer
Oct 21, 2003 Electric Factory · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Televators Set closer
Oct 20, 2003 9:30 Club · Washington DC, United States Televators Set closer
Oct 18, 2003 Capital Music Hall · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Televators Set closer
Oct 17, 2003 Water Street Music Hall · Rochester, New York, United States Televators Set closer
Oct 16, 2003 Club Laga · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Televators Set closer
Oct 14, 2003 Riviera Theatre · Chicago, Illinois, United States Televators Set closer
Oct 13, 2003 Newport Music Hall · Columbus, Ohio, United States Televators Set closer
Oct 11, 2003 Barrymore Theatre · Madison, Wisconsin, United States Televators Set closer
Oct 10, 2003 The Quest · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Televators Set closer
Oct 8, 2003 Granada Theater · Lawrence, Kansas, United States Televators Set closer
Oct 7, 2003 Mississippi Nights · St. Louis, Missouri, United States Televators Set closer
Oct 5, 2003 Gypsy Team Room · Dallas, Texas, United States Eriatarka Set closer
Oct 4, 2003 Numbers · Houston, Texas, United States Televators Set closer
Oct 3, 2003 Emo's · Austin, Texas, United States Eriatarka Set closer
Sep 27, 2003 Circo Volador · Mexico City, Mexico Concertina Eriatarka
Sep 26, 2003 Circo Volador · Mexico City, Mexico Eriatarka Set closer
Sep 11, 2003 Melkweg · Amsterdam, Netherlands Televators Set closer
Sep 10, 2003 Vera · Groningen, Netherlands Televators Set closer
Sep 9, 2003 Sabotage · Dortmund, Germany Televators Set closer
Sep 4, 2003 George Elser Hallen · Munich, Germany Eriatarka Set closer
Sep 3, 2003 Batschkapp · Frankfurt, Germany Eriatarka Set closer
Sep 2, 2003 Schlachthof Hamburg · Hamburg, Germany Eriatarka Set closer
Aug 3, 2003 Makuhari Messe · Chiba, Japan Cicatriz ESP Set closer
Aug 2, 2003 Intex · Osaka, Japan Cicatriz ESP Set closer
Jul 28, 2003 The Showbox · Seattle, Washington, United States Televators Set closer
Jul 26, 2003 Gothic Theatre · Englewood, Colorado, United States Televators Set closer
Jul 24, 2003 Metro · Chicago, Illinois, United States Televators Set closer
Jul 23, 2003 Grog Shop · Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States Televators Set closer
Jul 22, 2003 Saint Andrew's Hall · Detroit, Michigan, United States Televators Set closer
Jul 21, 2003 The Opera House · Toronto, Ontario, Canada Televators Set closer
Jul 19, 2003 Axis · Boston, Massachusetts, United States Televators Set closer
Jul 18, 2003 Irving Plaza · New York City, New York, United States Televators Set closer
Jul 16, 2003 Theatre of Living Arts · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Televators Set closer
Jul 13, 2003 Punchestown Racecourse · Kildare, Ireland {Republic} Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of) Concertina
Jul 9, 2003 Electric Ballroom · London, United Kingdom Televators Concertina
Jul 8, 2003 Wedgewood Rooms · Portsmouth, United Kingdom Televators Concertina
Jul 7, 2003 Maida Vale Studios · London, United Kingdom Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of) Set closer
Jul 2, 2003 Great American Music Hall · San Francisco , California, United States Televators Concertina
Jul 1, 2003 Henry Fonda Theatre · Los Angeles, California, United States Televators Concertina
May 21, 2003 NorthSix · Brooklyn, New York, United States Concertina Eunuch Provocateur
May 5, 2003 Kemper Arena · Kansas City, Missouri, United States Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of) Set closer
May 4, 2003 Omaha Civic Auditorium · Omaha, Nebraska, United States Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of) Set closer
May 2, 2003 Alliant Energy Center · Madison, Wisconsin, United States Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of) Set closer
May 1, 2003 Xcel Energy Center · St. Paul, Minnesota, United States Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of) Set closer
Apr 27, 2003 Empire Polo Club · Indio, California, United States This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Apr 24, 2003 Troubadour · West Hollywood, California, United States This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Apr 13, 2003 Mean Fiddler · London, United Kingdom This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Apr 12, 2003 Ancienne Belgique · Brussels, Belgium This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Apr 11, 2003 La Boule Noire · Paris, France This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Apr 9, 2003 Moby Dick · Madrid, Spain This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Apr 8, 2003 Razzmatazz · Barcelona, Spain This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Apr 6, 2003 Estragon · Bologna, Italy This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Apr 4, 2003 Mochvara · Zagreb, Croatia This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Apr 3, 2003 Flex · Vienna, Austria This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Apr 2, 2003 Rock Cafe · Praha, Czech Republic This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Apr 1, 2003 SO36 · Berlin, Germany This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Mar 31, 2003 Vega · Copenhagen, Denmark This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Mar 29, 2003 Ericsson Globe · Stockholm, Sweden This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Mar 27, 2003 Oslo Spektrum · Oslo, Norway This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Mar 25, 2003 Turku Concert Hall · Turku, Finland This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Mar 24, 2003 Hartwall Arena · Helsinki, Finland This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Mar 22, 2003 Color Line Arena · Hamburg, Germany This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Mar 20, 2003 Ahoy Rotterdam · Rotterdam, Netherlands This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Mar 19, 2003 Ahoy Rotterdam · Rotterdam, Netherlands This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Mar 17, 2003 Olympiahalle · Munich, Germany This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Mar 16, 2003 Hallenstadion · Zurich, Switzerland This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Mar 14, 2003 Sportpaleis · Antwerp, Belgium This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Mar 11, 2003 Manchester Evening News Arena · Manchester, United Kingdom This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Mar 9, 2003 London Docklands Arena · London, United Kingdom This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Mar 8, 2003 London Docklands Arena · London, United Kingdom This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Mar 5, 2003 SECC · Glasgow, United Kingdom This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed Concertina
Mar 3, 2003 The Cockpit · Leeds, United Kingdom Eunuch Provocateur Set closer
Mar 2, 2003 Fleece & Firkin · Bristol, United Kingdom Eunuch Provocateur Set closer

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