Lyrics The Persecution Song (Elder Version) - Cradle of Filth
At
the
very
start
There
were
whispers
in
the
dark
And
for
all
the
world
to
see
There
was
witchcraft
at
its
heart
And
on
the
autumn
air
The
scent
of
bonfires
everywhere
And
a
fell
wind
stirred
the
leaves
The
persecution
song
Telltale
signs
of
possession
Little
Miss
Demeanour
in
the
demon's
bed
Gasps
she
just
could
not
suppress
After
lights-out
midst
the
dead
And
a
past
on
which
sin
cast
its
darts
of
wickedness
Time
was
running
faster
for
disaster
Strange
nights
were
burning
In
the
furnace
of
her
dreams
A
name
was
uttered,
Lilith
Mistress,
playmate,
master
Such
sights
were
stolen
in
the
throes
of
ecstasy
And
in
the
thick
of
all
In
the
Black
Goddess's
thrall
With
the
wood
unseen
for
trees
Victoria
stood
tall
Promiscuous
in
step
The
Devil
breathing
down
her
neck
As
jealous
zealots
stitched
apiece
The
persecution
song
Telltale
signs
of
possession
Fickle
Miss
Demeanour
hissed
and
disappeared
To
her
sisters
of
the
cloth
She
now
reeked
of
Astaroth
Again
the
curse
had
surfaced
Sneaking
back
the
pagan
years
Weaving
webs
of
great
revealing
Hidden
in
the
convent
An
evil
libido
abided,
undone
Breathing,
deceiving
Feasting
on
her
deviant
feelings
She'd
clung
to
her
crucifix
Once
her
torturers
begun
Her
screams
came
quick
The
misericord
Den
to
vice
and
screw
That
had
reddened
many
tongues
Wrung
symphonies
Of
suffering
from
her
Many
moons
hardened
pure
hearts
Those
plagued
by
her
black
arts
Their
rooms
secreting
phantom
orgies
Vile
rites
and
rifled
graves
Mere
hours,
now
towered
Above
this
bent
and
beaten
flower
Her
naked
body
privy
to
The
Abbess
and
her
ways
Victoria
fought
No
confession
was
wrought
Just
a
torrid
retort
of
blasphemies
Nails
and
crosses
vomited
forth
From
this
pretty
little
whore
now
arched
like
hell
Arched
like
hell
Ah!
At
the
very
start
There
were
whispers
in
the
dark
And
for
all
the
world
to
see
There
was
witchcraft
at
its
heart
But
then
the
end
grew
nigh
A
dirge
inferno
filled
the
sky
In
its
customary
key
The
persecution
song
Telltale
signs
of
obsession
No
wailing
banshee
would
dishonour
their
name
Nuns
dragged
her
to
the
blasted
oak
Storm-clouds
threatened
holy
smoke
They
hanged
her
there
like
Judas
With
the
hellcat
in
her
reined
Time
was
running
faster
for
disaster
Exorcism,
torture,
gallows
Now
a
shallow
grave
A
name
was
stuttered,
Isaac
Tongue-tied,
simple,
bastard
They
made
him
dig
the
pit
Mindless
of
what
it
claimed
Mindless
of
what
it
claimed
1 Transmission from Hell
2 Thank Your Lucky Scars
3 Forgive Me Father (I Have Sinned) (Elder Version)
4 Lilith Immaculate (Extended Length)
5 The Persecution Song (Elder Version)
6 Forgive Me Father (I'm in a Trance)
7 The Spawn of Love and War (Elder Version)
8 Summer Dying Fast ('midnight in the Labyrinth' Breadcrumb Trail)
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