From the Cradle to Enslave
Cradle of Filth Lyrics

Two thousand fattened years like maniacs Have despoiled our common grave Now what necrophagous Second Coming backs From the cradle to enslave?
The history of humanity has been one of greed, selfishness, and destruction. Now something even more sinister is returning to continue this cycle of violence and decay.

Sickle constellations Stud the velts that welt the sku Whilst the Bitter winter moon Prowls the clouds, dead,eyed Like shifting parent flesh Under silk matricide
The stars and moon reflect the harsh and unforgiving nature of the world, where death and decay are as beautiful as they are inevitable.

Watchful as she was upon Eden Where every rose arbour and orchard she swept hid the hissing of a serpent Libido In an ancient tryst with catastrophe Soon to be kept
The serpent in the Garden of Eden represents lust and temptation, which always lead to disaster and suffering.

Hear that hissing now on the breeze As through the plundered groves of the carnal garden A fres horror blows But ten billion souls Are blind to see the rotting wood for the trees
The pervasive influence of temptation and vice is destroying society from the inside out, but most people are too blind or ignorant to notice.

This is the theme to a better Armageddon Nightchords rake the heavens Pandaemonaeon
The end of the world will come not with a bang, but with a whimper of suffering and despair, as the forces of chaos and destruction take over.

And what use are prayers to that god? As devils bay concenus for the space to piss On your smouldering faith And the the mouldering face Of this world long a paradise lost
The idea of a higher power that can save us from the evils of the world is a delusion, as demons and darkness reign supreme.

This is the end of everything Hear the growing chora that a new dawn shall bring
Everything we know and love is coming to an end, but from the ashes of destruction, something new and different will arise.

Dance macabre Â'neath the tilt of the zodiac Now brighter stars shall reflect on our fate What sick activities will be freed when those lights burn black? The darkside of the mirror always threw our malice back
We are all dancing to the rhythm of the universe, but what will happen when the universe turns against us and reveals the full extent of human depravity?

I see the serpentine in your eyes The nature of the beast as revelations arrive
The darkness within all of us will become more apparent as the world falls apart.

Our screams shall trail to Angels For those damned in flames repay All sinners lose their lot on Judgement Day We should have cut our losses as at Calvary But our hearts like heavy crosses held the vain belief Salvation, like a promised nation Gleamed a claim away
After death, we will all be held accountable for our sins, and the punishment will be severe. However, many of us are still clinging to false hopes of salvation and redemption.

Peace, a fragile lover, left us fantasising war On our knees or another fucker's shore Heiling new flesh Read, then roared To a crooked cross and a Holy Cause What else be whipped to frenzy for?
Even though we yearn for peace, we can't help but be drawn into war and conflict, driven by our innate desire for power and glory.

This is the end of everything Rear the tragedies That the Seraphim shall sing
The world is coming to an end, and even the angels of heaven will mourn the destruction that is to come.

Old adversaries Next of Eve Now theyÂ're clawing back I smell their cumming As through webbed panes of meat Led by hoary Death They never left Dreaming sodomies To impress on human failure When weÂ've bled upon our knees
Our old enemies, the forces of darkness and chaos, are returning to a world that has lost its way and has become easy prey for their whims and desires.

Tablatures of gravel law Shall see Gehennag paved When empires fall And nightmares crawl From the cradle to enslave
The world will be destroyed by the very things that created it: greed, corruption, and violence. And from the ashes of this destruction, a new kind of terror will emerge.

This is the end of everything
The world as we know it is coming to an end, and with it, all of our hopes, dreams, and illusions.