Cradle Of Filth - The Rape And Ruin Of Angels (Hosannas In Extremis) Lyrics
Hosannas in ExtremisInvading tempestuous skiesWhen Inanna rose, bringing angels reposeAnd Narcissus' fate as their prizeBlinded by Diana's mirrorWherein coffined truth struggles, forlornAnd covetous stars out their eyes to deceiveThe horrors performed on Her shoresAs jewelled Ishtar, in darker AeonsTrespassed Ereshkigal's graspHer ravening twin, wreathed in whispers and windNow inspires Catharsis to danceThrough the weave of white vaultsWhere the shadows revoltAt the incest of spiritual loveCastrata choirs, bereft of such lustsSpatter virginal breasts with their bloodThe iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve(Thirst-ridden) Wolves serenade a moonWho seems no mistress of HerselfAnd heavens pour forth vast casualtiesThy host given up for meThou which wert once and then ceased to beArt now ensconced to chaptersOf a lengthening tragedyWhilst we scream freeDeep forests impale the sinister mistTheir sorcery taught to the cloudsWho muster like mountains, a fountainous wishTo vex the sweet dead from silk odious shroudsStorm-woken sisters of Judas unfurlAs Psyche to Sapphic lamentWrapt in thy tresses and taloned caressesWhisper me secrets beheld beyond Death"DesiresI was loath to loseTo the virgin-bloodied priestsWhose lord fantasied on MagdaleneAnd sought to savour Her as beastHer aching sexA rose undoneAs mine in tears and spasms wrung"Ebon Nemesis, slain Jericho's stoneHas built thee a marbled stairBy candlelight to Eden and a Serpentine throneWhere ravens rape the tenanting angels thereHurry, else Death may spy us hereAnd quicken the pulse of dawnEmbering flames writhe to life againThe starry brow threshed with poisonous thornHuntress, draw back the silvered bowThy dogs set upon the mangerThe enemy in throes...Whilst drifting fogs devourAll Hallows witching hourOn this long, dark seance for the soulThrough malevolent Scylla, Charybdis gravesOur conquesting spirits pour forth, unassuagedOccultnesses watch us and Seraph, afraidLike fireflies plunge to Her maw, midst crashing black waves"Remember with pride what thou artLest we forget in awe of our terrible past"When Dark royalties drank of despairIdols hewed down 'neath a desert god's stareIn thrall to revenges sworn thereWhat dreams could we father, when farther we fellTo nightmare. .?"Well versed in miseryWe have lain ***** in darkest ravinesNow the sun has set in slumber. We delightLike serpents in arousalCoiled to strike at the light"Now abyssed Lucifers master the earthUncloister jaded harlots once servedEnthralled by cruel raptures, rehearsedKiss slumbered beauty and weapon our thousand year curseThe laughter of KhaosGatekeepers flee the onslaughtA World enslaved to flameBondage in PhallustinePleasure temples for my brideNubian grace swiftly seizeThieves blood-divineEmpires thrive on sacrifice
