Cradle of Filth- English Fire

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Seven brides serve me seven sins
Seven seas writhe for me
From Orient gates to Rlyeh
Abydos to Thessaly
And Sirens sing from stern
But now I cease to play
For I yearn to return
To woodland ferns
Where Herne and his wild huntress lay

Now the tidal are turning
Spurning the darkness
The great purgations of distinguished tours
Are but stills in time
To the thrill that Im
Once more
Heading to the bedding
Of her English shores

The wind bickered in Satanic mill sails
Eyes flickered in deep thickets of trees
And mists clung tight in panic to vales
When Brigantia spoke her soul to me

From Imbolg to Bealtaine
Lughnasadh to Samhain feasts
I heard her lament as seasons blent
Together a chimerical beast

Now the tidal are turning
Churning in darkness
The celebrations of extinguished wars
Are but stills in time
To the chill that climbs
Once more
Dreading the red weddings
On her English shores

Gone are the rustic summers of my youth
Cruel winter cut their sacred throats
With polished scythes that reap worldwide
Pitch black skies and forest smoke

And the hosts that I saw there
Drones of carrion law
Drove the ghosts of my forbears
To rove and rally once more

One of her sons from the vast far-flung
Come home to rebuild
The rampant line of the Leonine
Risen over pestilent fields

Now the tidal are turning
Burning in darkness
The salivation of her hungry sword
Shalt spill like wine
From the hills to chines
That pour
Spreading her beheadings
On these English shores

For the hosts that I saw there
Drones of carrion law
Drove the ghosts of my forbears
To rove and rally once more

This is a waking for England
From its reticent doze
This is a waking for England
Lest hope and glory are regarded as foes

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Cradle
• of
• Filth
• English
• Fire

[ChefCharmander]

Am I the only one who likes every CoF album?

Though Thornography was..... quite bad compared to their other albums lol. I still enjoy listening to it though. Darkly is a pretty damn good album IMO, I don't really understand the hate for that one.

[JesseIsASquirrel]

@ChefCharmander It's distinct enough of a change to excite taste debates. That's about it.

[Lilith994]

One of my first songs from Cradle, I first listened to it when I was about 13 years old, still one of the most beautiful songs for me... Miss old cradle

[JesseIsASquirrel]

@Lilith994 Don't we all? Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa, was a bit of a letdown for me :l

[chaosinhell666]

@ChefCharmander i like all of them few more than others but cof are great singers and am really liking their new stuff to

[JunaMess]

@Lilith994 I agree. Old Cradle is missed.

[Lap0573]

@ChefCharmander As for me, that's mainly the mutation of Dani's voice that really bothers me. After Nymphetamine, so starting with Thornography, he started to sing lower, IMO, and lost his... "unealthy" voice, whispers, and high pitched screams. Well, it changed, and as far as I'm concerned, I enjoyed far more his former way of singing. So I'll stick with pre-Nymphetamine records, Nymphetamine included, though I recognize some of the last songs are damn good.

[LMTR14]

@JesseIsASquirrel you gotta be shitting me, it's the best Cradle ever

[ManiogSol]

@ChefCharmander

I prefer the four tracks on the second disc of DDVA.

The album doesn't do much for me like the rest do.

[U91H3D]

love it the music of a fallen archangel 

[monkeyboy6676]

I have been into cradle since '95 and I like nymphetamine and thornography, I can't see why they get slated so much, they're both good albums.

[LeMiBoSSS]

@DubFawx No? :O Why is Satan in all songs :'(

[DubFawx]

@LeMiBoSSS No.

[LeMiBoSSS]

is this satanic? :'(