Prey Lyrics

Cradle Of Filth 



Nightfall, in thrall 

I call her beauty to me 

Whose ebon-lidded eyes excite 

Shadows to wander through me 

Whose kiss glittered with sleep 

Is a thief come after dark 

To steal away the leaden wreaths 

From my cemetery heart 



Thrilled to see the light 

Bruise-reddened, silhouetting 

Murder sites 

As dusk attends her son's blood wedding 

Spilt across the skies 

In reefs of omen 

Licking flames and pagan rites 

The night awaits with baited thighs 



Start this artist darkness 



Yearning now to start this 

Burning as an artist 

Turning on the darkness 

Dizzy looking up with pervertigo 

A sewer deity of recrement 

World below 



I'll make you pray 



I spy with wicked lips 

The cream of mortal kind 

Committing their sins 

Their penitent skins 

To the harems of my mind 



Prey 



Thrilled to breathe tonight 

The sultry air of graces 

Passed in flight 

Like birds of May with playful faces 

Fills me with delight 

Their crystal skirts 

Spun from stars, worn tight 

Wink of fists in wishful places 



Start this artist darkness 



Yearning now to start this 

Burning as an artist 

Turning on the darkness 

Dizzy looking up with pervertigo 

A sewer deity of recrement 

World below 



I'll make you pray 



My whims like smoke in summertime 

Writhe atop the blooms 

Committing their thin 

White Catholic limbs 

To the cloister in my room 



You see I need 

To feed my dreams to order 

To be agreed 

With the beast in me 

That bleeds their borders 



Prey 



Nightfall, in thrall 

I call her beauty to me 

Whose ebon-lidded eyes excite 

Shadows to wander through me 

Whose kiss glittered with sleep 

Is a thief come after dark 

To steal away the leaden wreaths 

From my cemetery heart