Lyrics The Cult of Venus Aversa - Cradle of Filth
I
am
She,
Lilith
Mistress
of
the
dark
of
Sheba
First
offender,
and
succour
to
demons
Whose
sweet
seductions
and
wicked
rites
Lead
all
too
enslaved
by
the
flesh
To
trespass
against
God's
holy
law
And
tonight
I
come
for
you
Midnight
strikes,
the
candles
sputter
Muttering
their
reeking
spells
I
snuff
their
tongues,
my
heart
a-flutter
These
words
I
speak
are
gates
to
Hell
These
words
I
speak
are
gates
to
Hell
Casus
belli,
in
hoc
signo
vinces,
veritas
vos
liberabit
Casus
belli,
in
hoc
signo
vinces,
in
aeternum,
amen
Casus
belli,
in
hoc
signo
vinces,
veritas
vos
liberabit
Casus
belli,
in
hoc
signo
vinces,
in
aeternum,
amen
The
scent
of
death
is
rent
in
this
ornamental
verse
In
ventures
down
the
centuries
Tormenting
me
with
secrets
so
anathema
And
now
the
fires
grate,
I
must
relate,
to
end
this
curse
I'll
break
through
spires
to
escape
my
fate
Am
I
too
late
or
just
perverse?
Midnight
strikes,
the
candles
sputter
Muttering
their
reeking
spells
I
snuff
their
tongues,
my
heart
a-flutter
These
words
I
speak
are
gates
to
Hell
So
the
blight
begins
near
the
woodland
of
a
frightened
village
Where
the
rites
of
unimaginable
sin
And
the
howling
on
the
wind
Chills
the
blood
for
fear
of
spillage
Where
nightfall
used
to
be
Blessed
with
best
tranquility
It's
now
caressed
by
misadventure
Templars
cursed
from
the
crusades
Have
birthed
a
church,
more
masquerade
In
which
they
worship
mass
dementia
They
came
from
dust
and
flame
By
the
Red
Sea
on
dead
shores
Fleeing
claims
of
blasphemy
and
bestiality
Devils
fed
them
back
to
us
Knights
of
holy
wars,
inviting
hordes
of
grim
infidelities
In
the
grip
of
cryptic
lands,
and
desert
sands
They
found
just
cause
And
midst
their
entourage
under
the
stars
They
brought
relics
and
parts
of
saints
And
evil
left
to
clerics
charge
With
Muslim
plunder
they
built
their
sect
To
the
composite
Baphomet
An
androgynous
sphinx,
open,
erect
Universal
in
its
closet
display
Spawn
of
Lilith
and
Samael
First
offender
and
the
snake
In
thrall
like
pawns
beneath
its
spell
The
Templars
grew
to
astute
surrender
Sabbatical,
fanatical
they
adorned
its
monstrous
bust
With
a
king's
ransom
of
Eastern
jewels
The
embodiment
of
beast
and
lust
Many
moons
then
proved
the
boon
of
immutable
beautiful
Darkness
ever-afters
Then
one
eve
when
the
ancient
trees
outside,
drew
back,
unnerved
The
pleas
form
those
impatient,
teased
Something
from
the
black
beyond
of
nowhere
A
stunning
woman,
summoned
Comming
scimitar-curved
Statuesque,
but
living
flesh
Draping
nakedness
about
their
pagan
saviours
She
came
Lilith,
a
perfect
myth,
the
scarlet
whore
Skinned
in
magnificence
In
her
defense
she
only
slew
a
few
of
them
Born
of
a
sacrifice,
a
virgin's
price
For
the
merging
with
a
Goddess
She
prowled
the
world
again
Enslaving
men
with
the
surging
of
her
bodice
Midnight
strikes,
the
candles
sputter
Muttering
their
reeking
spells
I
snuff
their
tongues,
my
heart
a-flutter
These
words
I
speak
are
gates
to
Hell
Casus
belli,
in
hoc
signo
vinces,
veritas
vos
liberabit
Casus
belli,
in
hoc
signo
vinces,
in
aeternum,
amen
Casus
belli,
in
hoc
signo
vinces,
veritas
vos
liberabit
Casus
belli,
in
hoc
signo
vinces,
in
aeternum,
amen
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