Better To Reign In Hell

Текст песни Cradle of Filth - Better To Reign In Hell <br/> Heart in hand passed clasp of pain<br />In dark lowland that set bad blood in veins<br />Burning, like penal fires roused to strain<br />The jagged-toothed skyline braced with crosses<br /><br />The golden dawn<br />Lay lost to mist where<br />Emboldened thorns<br />( )<br />Made their bed with toppled stones<br /><br />He closed his eyes<br />Sunken to dream there<br />Of crow-black skies<br />And a great white empty throne<br />Horror stalked the bilious fogs<br />That balked his visions<br /><br />He licked the spittle from the cheeks of the wry<br />And drifted back to when his stung it’s target<br />The sneer of michael on a glorious high<br />Of angel dust and virtue by his side<br /><br />Drowning in the past<br />That downfall seemed like yesterday<br />Though blurred moons passed<br />As enemies in high places laughed<br /><br />Moved to mirrors cracked with heavy lines<br />He rose snowblind, through shifting sands of time<br />Erased the trace and taste of bitter wines<br />The grapes of wrath grew fat on the vine<br /><br />She came to him<br />A little whip of tantrums<br />Thrashed on velvet skins<br />That lines her wishbone henge<br /><br />Her name was sin<br />A warming spurt of mantras<br />Splashed on occult tongues<br />That whispered sweet revenge<br /><br />For the shame of their crawl from grace<br />Cold and hollow as the grave<br /><br />And for a rape and ruinous scourge<br />Spared for souls that shared god’s worship<br />For now their throats coated notes with dirge<br />That poured from parapets to the pits below<br /><br />Drowning in the past<br />A wretched scream like yesterday<br />Died at last<br />With the rising of the revenant dark<br /><br />All sharpened claws and blunt discharge<br /><br />"i shall bow no more to the dogs of the lord<br />Tearing at my carcass heart<br />I shall fall to my knees only at the keyholes<br />Of virtue slipping into bondage masks...<br />Freewill made me better to reign in hell"<br /><br />And with new wings<br />Unfurled and spoken<br />He took to things<br />That would desecrate the world<br /><br />The seduction of both woman and man<br />For a bastard masterplan<br /><br />Drowning out the past<br />Fool fates unwound cruel yesterdays<br />Beneath the stars<br />That staggered from the blast<br />