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LYRICS/Cradle of Filth/Midnight in the Labyrinth/The Rape and Ruin of Angels (Hosannas in Extremis)
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OFFICIAL LYRICS🎸United Kingdom2012

The Rape and Ruin of Angels (Hosannas in Extremis)

TUNING:E Standard (E A D G B E)
⏱ 08:20

MASTER RECORDING LYRICS

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Storm-woken sisters of Judas unfurl As Psyche to Sapphic lament Wrapt in thy tresses and taloned caresses Whisper me secrets beheld beyond Death "Desires I was loath to lose To the virgin-bloodied priests Whose lord fantasied on Magdalene And sought to savour Her as beast Her aching sex A rose undone As mine in tears and spasms wrung" "Remember with pride what thou art Lest we forget in awe of our terrible past" When Dark royalties drank of despair Idols hewed down 'neath a desert god's stare In thrall to revenges sworn there What dreams could we father, when farther we fell To nightmare...? "Well versed in misery We have lain naked in darkest ravines Now the sun has set in slumber. We delight Like serpents in arousal Coiled to strike at the light" Now abyssed Lucifers master the earth Uncloister jaded harlots once served Enthralled by cruel raptures, rehearsed Kiss slumbered beauty and weapon our thousand year curse
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🎸TRACK METADATA & TUNING

TUNINGE Standard (E A D G B E)
KEY & SCALEE Minor (Em)
TEMPO120 BPM
DURATION08:20