CRADLE OF FILTH - The Rape & Ruin Of Angels lyrics

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Hosannas in extremis<br>Invading tempestuous skies<br>When inanna rose, bringing angels repose<br>And narcissus' fate as their prize<br>Blinded by diana's mirror<br>Wherein coffined truth struggles, forlorn<br>And covetous stars out their eyes to deceive<br>The horrors performed on her shores<br>As jewelled ishtar, in darker aeons<br>Trespassed ereshkigal's grasp<br>Her ravening twin, wreathed in whispers and wind<br>Now inspires catharsis to dance<br>Through the weave of white vaults<br>Where the shadows revolt<br>At the incest of spiritual love<br>Castrata choirs, bereft of such lusts<br>Spatter virginal breasts with their blood<br><br>The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelwe<br>(thirst-ridden) wolves serenade a moon<br>Who seems no mistress of herself<br>And heavens pour forth vast casualties<br>Thy host given up for me<br>Thou which wert once and then ceased to be<br>Art now ensconced to chapters<br>Of a lengthening tragedy<br><br>Whilst we scream free<br><br>Deep forests impale the sinister mist<br>Their sorcery taught to the clouds<br>Who muster like mountains, a fountainous wish<br>To vex the sweet dead from silk odious shrouds<br><br>Storm-woken sisters of judas unfurl<br>As psyche to sapphic lament<br>Wrapt in thy tresses and taloned caresses<br>Whisper me secrets beheld beyond death<br><br>'desires<br>I was loath to lose<br>To the virgin-bloodied priests<br>Whose lord fantasied on magdalene<br>And sought to savour her as beast<br><br>Her aching sex<br>A rose undone<br>As mine in tears and spasms wrung'<br><br>Ebon nemesis, slain jericho's stone<br>Has built thee a marbled stair<br>By candlelight to eden and a serpentine throne<br>Where ravens rape the tenanting angels there<br><br>Hurry, else death may spy us here<br>And quicken the pulse of dawn<br>Embering flames writhe to life again<br>The starry brow threshed with poisonous thorn<br><br>Huntress, draw back the silvered bow<br>Thy dogs set upon the manger<br>The enemy in throes...<br><br>Whilst drifting fogs devour<br>All hallows witching hour<br>On this long, dark seance for the soul<br><br>Through malevolent scylla, charybdis graves<br>Our conquesting spirits pour forth, unassuaged<br>Occultnesses watch us and seraph, afraid<br>Like fireflies plunge to her maw, midst crashing black waves<br><br>'remember with pride what thou art<br>Lest we forget in awe of our terrible past'<br><br>When dark royalties drank of despair<br>Idols hewed down 'neath a desert god's stare<br>In thrall to revenges sworn there<br>What dreams could we father, when farther we fell<br>To nightmare... ? <br><br>'well versed in misery<br>We have lain naked in darkest ravines<br>Now the sun has set in slumber. we delight<br>Like serpents in arousal<br><br>Coiled to strike at the light'<br><br>Now abyssed lucifers master the earth<br>Uncloister jaded harlots once served<br>Enthralled by cruel raptures, rehearsed<br>Kiss slumbered beauty and weapon our thousand year curse<br><br>The laughter of khaos<br>Gatekeepers flee the onslaught<br><br>A world enslaved to flame<br>Bondage in phallustine<br>Pleasure temples for my bride<br>Nubian grace swiftly seize<br>Thieves blood-divine<br>Empires thrive on sacrifice