Cradle Of Filth - Hurt & Virtue Lyrics
Distant vistasSwathed in the hazeOf the reddening sunsetFell to whispersneath stars that marred descending skiesFrom the cusp of midnight mountainsWending as a mistRebels truced with feriluce(in truth, few could resist)Came praising his hellraising throughThe sparse and marble climeWhere virtue bathed, their ravings madeHer fountains flood with wineLifted with the giftOf their dark seductive songsShe drifted from the pathShe was surely set uponCourting chaosPrized in sightOf the covering angelTaught in ways ofSmothering another loverOther than godWorshipped in each others armsLike spider eidolonsThe moon conducted like a charmThose strange attachments onAnd this is how they came to beDragged before the throneThrough tongues that hung whilst theirs were runOn soft white throats and punctured moansThough fated now than laterBy his tutor that had beenHe baited the creatorWith the future he had seenOf michael, psyched with jealousiesA reich right by his sideAnd worming man about to beThe apple of his eyeHis children lost to free willAnd the cost of beaten heartsLike the night twixt vice and virtueWhen her kiss became a scarSeraph enemiesWhy has my lord forsaken my judgmentAm I not free as he to indulge my darkest fantasies?From embittered lipsThese words were slavedSplit with the whipsOf their witch hunt gatheredHe sought her graveMidst drowning crowds that howled in rage...Blasphemer!Blasphemer!Though she was goneNot lyriced to the song of their spirited throngBut ghosted back where she belong...A grace embracing michaelIn a lace of tears that bleared his prideHe swallowedBlood followedThough with spit for all things divineThough with spit for all things so *****ing blindHis seal he toreAnd to the floorHe threw this tie to heavenSignifying holy warAnd watchful of this signA thousand flames, unauthorisedLeft celestial postsTo coalesce and, unifiedReturn their fallen leaderAs he turned one final timeAnd threw a glanceLike a downward lanceThat stung like guilt in every mind
