Cradle Of Filth - Nemesis Lyrics
Tonight is the nightThe empowering wind that draws breath from despiteRoars 'neath my wings as I soar with the end in sightChoirs igniteA swansong for LedaDeathknells for TroyTragedy blooms from one actI am nemesisPoured in my armsWhen my daughter's eyelids closedI swore to slaughter thoseWho stole my ray of moonlightSo strike up the skiesThe diction of thunderGod-given ritesNo fiction can deafen the factI am nemesisCowled in the utter griefI am the priest of a new disorderWhose flag unfurledBears a hatred for the western worldThe is no compromiseNo piped lamentTo stay the blindJust a shrike cacophony of warAshes ember, fires riseNo longer am I paralysedNow I drown in a loss worth fighting forBlack is my heartBlack is my heartBlack is my heartI am nemesisBlack is my heartBlack is my heartBlack is my heartI am nemesisNemesisNemesisTonight is the nightThe city sweats fever, the filth in her wombShifts like the season's unease at the hands of doomRestless insideHer split underbellySuitored with fliesMartial bowels now contractI am nemesisPoured in my armsWhen my daughter's eyelids closedI swore to slaughter thoseWho stole my ray of moonlightNever againOur enemies entertainedI toy at the clasp of her chainAnd remember the fightCowled in utter griefI am the priest of a new disorderWhose flag unfurledBears a hatred for the western worldThere is no compromiseNo piped lament to stay the blindJust a shrike cacophony of warAshes ember, fires riseNo longer am I PalestinedNow I drown in a loss worth fighting forBlack is my heartBlack is my heartBlack is my heartI am nemesisBlack is my heartBlack is my heartBlack is my heartI am nemesisBlack is my heartBlack is my heartBlack is my heartI am nemesisBlack is my heartBlack is my heartBlack is my heartI am nemesisNemesis
