erudite

scholarly; having or showing profound knowledge

Heard in 7 songs (1.1M+ combined views) — most famously in "Absinthe With Faust" by Cradle of Filth.

Updated August 20, 2026

Songs Featuring “erudite

Cradle of Filth - Absinthe With Faust

Time: 2:21

To the shore from the moon and by her grace

Came that erudite stranger

That fucker

Cradle of Filth - Absinthe With Faust

The Barr Brothers - Old Mythologies

Time: 0:26

Though my body's my dog and my friend doesn't bite

Though he looks severe and erudite

A hundred degrees Fahrenheit he's as cool as an ermine

The Barr Brothers - Old Mythologies

Fleet Foxes - Young Man's Game

Time: 1:06

Find something unique to say

I could pass as erudite

But it's a young man's game

Fleet Foxes - Young Man's Game

LeLe Farley - Earth's Afterparty

Time: 1:43

Sporadic rains, weather change, as cicadas sing their mournful song

The erudite fisherman stomps out a cigarette bud and says

A new era's dawning, while we drift toward the end of days

LeLe Farley - Earth's Afterparty

Threshold - Colophon

Time: 0:22

The circling ravens are hunting us down

Erudite playthings who lost what we found

But I don't care

Threshold - Colophon

Night Flight - Confetti

Time: 1:24

Still thriving with every minute

I am erudite, I was born ready

I will take your sight for the confetti

Night Flight - Confetti

Game Theory - Rayon Drive

Time: 0:20

Do it with me

Look to be so erudite

You want some senseless scene tonight

Game Theory - Rayon Drive