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 heartThrilled 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 thighsStart this artist darknessYearning now to start this
Burning as an artist
Turning on the darkness
Dizzy looking up with pervertigo
A sewer deity of recrement
World belowI'll make you prayI spy with wicked lips
The cream of mortal kind
Committing their sins
Their penitent skins
To the harems of my mindPreyThrilled 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 placesStart this artist darknessYearning now to start this
Burning as an artist
Turning on the darkness
Dizzy looking up with pervertigo
A sewer deity of recrement
World belowI'll make you prayMy whims like smoke in summertime
Writhe atop the blooms
Committing their thin
White Catholic limbs
To the cloister in my roomYou see I need
To feed my dreams to order
To be agreed
With the beast in me
That bleeds their bordersPreyNightfall, 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
Songwriters
ALLENDER, PAUL JAMES / ERLANDSSON, ADRIAN PAUL / POWELL, MARTIN F. / DAVEY, DANI / PYBUS, DAVID JOHNPublished by
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group