Cradle of Filth - Better To Reign In Hell lyrics

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>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