Lyrics Theatre Of Tragedy – A Rose For The Dead
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Oh — my dearest, the sweet music in the ear
Albeit, daresay I, the lullaby of an everso dark sleep
My precious
Likest thou what emergeth yon the distant?
Wanion its oh so damndest soul
With the devil-instrument it we shall reap
After the banquet obscur’d in our thole
Its blood so lovingly across our faces smear
Lord of carnage
Lady of carnage
One funeral maketh many
Swarm god’s acres
Two indeed more
Blest treat of delight
Give praise for the blood it bled
Grant a rose for the dead
Grant a rose for the dead
Enraptur’d by the timeless beauty of the
Shadowsphere
We two abide the overlook’d time of the watch
Make this cherish’d feast last
But until the new dawn ascendeth
Be still — harken the lure of night
Bale in each its damndest shadow
Cloth me in night, ne’er fell rue
In its face, behold! naught save grue
Pray, ne’er come hither daylight
Wane to dust the wight
Velvet darkness, thee we ourselves bestow