House of Craven

Down to the basement crypt
My fathers dying breath
Beware!

Lonesome traveler at my door
Welcome to my domain

Enter the House of Craven
See the writing on the walls
Fear not for my protection
Here in these halls

My enemies are many
My friends are few
Dr. Scarabus is one
and my wife makes two

Down to the basement crypt
My fathers dying breath
Beware!

Enter the House of Craven
See the writing on the walls
Fear not for my protection
Here in these halls

In this life of sweet decay
Reality is not a sign
God was here today

I fire my gun into the sky
The Heavens tear, but no-one left
Stops to wonder why

Taste life through white hot tears
Lying naked on the floor
Open your Body and Soul
and Drink Forever more

Your God is Fire
Deceiver Heart’s Desire
It’s what I’m needing tonight
And if you heed me
I know you will concede to me
The pain it never felt so right

I’ve studied hell behind the eyes
Leaving me with no-one else
Soulless to despise

Taste life through white hot tears
Lying naked on the floor
Open your Body and Soul
and Drink Forever more

Your God is Fire
Deceiver Heart’s Desire
It’s what I’m needing tonight
And if you heed me
I know you will concede to me
The pain it never felt so right
So right

Because I'm alive again
Alive again for you
Yes I'm alive again
Alive again for you

I'm alive again
Back from the dead
I've been resurrected
I feel so connected
I'm alive again
Alive again for you

Now I'm back I've done my time in hell
Pry of the lid if you can stand the smell, baby

Because I'm alive again
Alive again for you
Yes I'm alive again
Alive again for you

I'm alive again
Back from the dead
I've been resurrected
I feel so connected
I'm alive again
Alive again for you

Like I said I'm back from the grave, girl
And now I'me here to make you my slave, girl

Because I'm alive again
Alive again for you
Yes I'm alive again
Alive again for you

I'm alive again
Back from the dead
I've been resurrected
I feel so connected
I'm alive again
Alive again for you

Dark Servant of Destiny
Can you handle the truth
Mother Russia owes her debt to me
I will harbour your pain

Nobles and drunkards and sinners in awe
They come to me, and I give them new law
First you must sin then, my child, so you'll see-
Without sins to forgive you will never be free

Dark Servant of Destiny
Can you handle the truth
Mother Russia owes her debt to me
I will harbour your pain

Now I lay dying, a man hard to kill
But heed my words now, with the breath that I have still
Poisoned and shot and then thrown in a sack
no nobles in Russia, they're never coming back!

Dark Servant of Destiny
Can you handle the truth
Mother Russia owes her debt to me
I will harbour your pain

Do You want love - do you?
Do you want to bleed with me?
Because if you want love I can show you-
To bleed is to believe
To believe...

Welcome to my abyss
You somehow thought it would never be like this
Call on me but one more time
A destiny not yours to find

Do You want love - do you?
Do you want to bleed with me?
Because if you want love I can show you-
To bleed is to believe
And if you want love I can show you
Scream with me at home
And if you want blood I can show you
Bleed with me at home

You gotta see it - to believe it!
Here comes the creeping flesh
The Creeping Flesh!
Peter Cushing! Christopher Lee!
It was just the best...

My daughter sits fit to be tied
Pure rancid evil in here veins reside

Don't get it wet! Don't get it wet!
Here comes the creeping flesh
The Creeping Flesh!
Peter Cushing! Christopher Lee!
It was just the best...

I hear something scratching - at the chamber door
See the crimson handprint - on the chamber door
See the blood flow out from - under the chamber door
It stalks tonight

I fear I won’t survive the night
True hell I feel blocks out the light
And as the sunlight hits these fallen towers
In the depths of hell this evil cowers

I hear something scratching - at the chamber door
See the crimson handprint - on the chamber door
See the blood flow out from - under the chamber door
It stalks tonight

You have wronged me dear and now it’s time
For you to get yours and for me get mine
Oh you broke me girl, my mind’s a bitter stress
I’ll take your pretty bady, I’ll make a goddamn mess

You can’t say anything - no
Watch that pendulum swing
You don’t know anything - no
Watch that pendulum swing

Yeah!

I thought you were gone, you just played dead
Play time’s over, you heard what I said
Your kisses mean nothing, they just sear ache and burn
You’re not underground yet but you’ll soon wish you were

You can’t say anything - no
Watch that pendulum swing
You don’t know anything - no
Watch that pendulum swing

We’ll take you for a fool -
And then we will attack
Your public execution -
You’re a prisoner of your mind

Retake the throne
Leave it to the one true way -
the hungry ones who run things out of sight
Retake the throne
Leave it to the starry eyes -
of those who’d kill to rule another day
Another day...

In this broken lie -
the story told, it’s ages old
The Gods looked down on Earth with tears in their eyes
Then I kill the king -
turn face the crowd, shout out loud:
I have destroyed this evil thing

We’ll take you for a fool -
And then we will attack
Your public execution -
You’re a prisoner of your mind

Retake the throne
Leave it to the one true way -
the hungry ones who run things out of sight
Retake the throne
Leave it to the starry eyes -
of those who’d kill to rule another day
Another day...

It's too late to turn back now
You can feel my breath
Will you be ready when I come
I'm the angel of darkness

Whoa yeah
You can't hide and you can't run
When I'm from the devil's son
Whoa yeah
Can't believe what I've become
What am I - the evil one

You are in my shadow now
Angel of death has come to steal Feel the darkness closing in
You're gonna know my love is real

It's too late to turn back now
You can feel my breath
Will you be ready when I come
I'm the angel of darkness

Whoa yeah
You can't hide and you can't run
When I'm from the devil's son
Whoa yeah
Can't believe what I've just done
What am I - the evil one

Necromantic

She died, oh so young
But now I know just what to do

Slender limbs stay stitched by hands obsessed
Stitch together what the accident had left
Her eyes and heart are what I love
I dug for the rest
And as I kiss her rotting mouth -
I know it’s for the best

She’s cold in my arms
But now I think I feel a pulse

You know there's nothing I wouldn't give to you
Oh honey
You know there's nothing I couldn't give to you
Oh baby

I know you - you're my empty soulless lover
You'll be free like a book without a cover

You know there's nothing I couldn't take from you
Oh honey
You know there's nothing I wouldn't give
But all my life

Baby if you're still here tommorrow
I'll be there to drink of your sorrow

You know there's nothing I couldn't take from you
Oh honey
You know there's nothing I wouldn't give
But all my life

City of Thieves

The court of miracles
Is where the blind may see
Hey!
Where I pass judgement over
Those who challenge me
Misguided Christ of Beggars, Messiah of the Whores
Defender of the peasant victim,
Ruler evermore...

City of Thieves!

Here in this hidden village
We know not fear
Hey!
We take to task our brothers -
Lightly noble peers
This sanctuary right
Shall not be cast aside
Crush this holy house we will,
Our laws you shall abide...

City of Thieves!

I can feel it just outside
Coming to feed
I can feel it just outside

When Darkness came tio stay
In this wuiet little town
Through the foggy edges
It's putting us underground

I can feel it just outside
Coming for me
I can feel it just outside

And so she wrote a little book
And through all the pain she took
This I swear to God, my life
And still we treat her like a bitch
You ungracious righteous pricks
This I swear to God

And now she goes out into the outside world
She's writing books about sex
How could we know it but we're still so ignorant
We only believe what we read

And so she wrote a little book
And through all the pain she took
This I swear to God, my life
And still we treat her like a bitch
You ungracious righteous pricks
This I swear to God

It feels so far away

I don't know where I'm going
Or why I grieve
I only know the faces
Of those who've sinned
And when I met with pleasure
I did embrace
These fires the call me back here
Each and every day

It feels so far away

Feels so far away

They call me the Strangler
I am the strangler
Beware of the strangler
Look out for the strangler
All right

In the midnight hour
When you turn out your light
You better make sure your door's locked up tight
Ever look into my eyes
Maybe then you'll realize
Never see the sun rise again

They call me the Strangler
I am the strangler
Beware of the strangler
Watch out out for the strangler
Tonight yeah

Strangler
They call me the strangler
Yeah I am the strangler
Look out for the strangler
Cuz here comes the strangler
Beware of the strangler
The night of the strangler
Revenge of the strangler
The call me the strangler