Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth & Ville Valo
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth & Victoria “Harry” Harrison
Cradle of Filth
This is a hymn to the beauty of the Moon, as personified by the celestial huntress Diana. The lyrics in this song are very reminiscent of Cradle’s earlier works where Pagan imagery is imbued with strong female characteristics. The lyrics' morbid cadence hint at the author’s bewitched state of mind.
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With the snow fallen thick
And bonfires alit
And shooting stars portents of rips
I ascended to spur
A mere glimpse of murmur
From her precious celestial lips
Be it sun to your moon
Be it moon to your sun
Together we promised to come
With a turn of the screw
And a slip of the tongue
We eclipsed one another undone
Through the mist, through the woods
With the night-wraiths I've stood
Atop murderous peaks calling you
On storm-lashed beachheads
Where the fishermen dread
The things your bewitchments accrue
Those deep creatures bring
Her cut diamond rings
A girl with a pearl necklace her
Advancing in fevers
Tsunamis and myrrh
Will she wreak bloody vengeance or purr?
Or will she purr, or will she purr?
She lights the skies
Dressed in silver scales plucked from the ocean
To spite her thighs
That Lucifer snuck inside
And with his pride
Enclaves were upgraded to Goshen
So paradise could shine from out her skirts
I adorn myself at dusk
With ornaments to close the noose
A kiss as red as blood and cold as hell
My body glows with lust
Anemic as the flag of truce
I raised at dawn to catch you in my spell
With every twist I cannot resist her
Fertile female mind control
This wanton witch, white rapids sister
To whom I pour my wine and soul
And here we go again
From a copse of black yews
Where the moon was drawn through
Like a sword through a Gordian knot
She descended to me
Claiming swift victory
Over the heart I had near soon forgot
With every kiss this huntress whispered
Yield to my sweet embrace
One night of bliss, I could not dismiss her
Once her beauty shot me a darker face
You mesmerize my soul, Diana
You mesmerize my soul
You mesmerize my soul, Diana
You mesmerize my soul
You mesmerize my soul, Diana
You mesmerize my soul
You mesmerize my soul, Diana
You mesmerize my soul
You mesmerize my soul, Diana
You mesmerize my soul
You mesmerize my soul, Diana
You mesmerize my soul
You mesmerize my soul, Diana
You mesmerize my soul
You mesmerize my soul, Diana
You mesmerize my soul
Under Huntress Moon was written by Paul Allender & Ghul & Dave Pybus & Adrian Erlandsson & Dani Filth.
Under Huntress Moon was produced by Rob Caggiano.
Cradle of Filth released Under Huntress Moon on Tue Oct 17 2006.
This isn’t everybody’s favourite album but people are coming round to it. Usually it’s in the ‘Avoid’ bin though, in the list of all our albums. I don’t know why because it sold really well, and it was massive in America. But some people think it’s a bit ‘stadium rock’—that’s what I’ve read anyway....