Cradle of Filth - "A Gothic Romance (Red Roses for the Devil's Whore)" Guitar Tab
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CRADLE OF FILTH - A GOTHIC ROMANCE (RED ROSES FOR THE DEVIL'S WHORE)
From the Album DUSK. . AND HER EMBRACE
Copyright 1996 MUSIC FOR NATIONS
Version 1.0 - DECEMBER 2002
Transcription Arranged/Editing by: death8699
Based On Few Internet Versions by: Nocturnal Heartbeat &
Kai O'brien
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. - palm mute ph - pinched harmonic
/ - slide up to ah - artificial harmonic
\ - slide down to th - tap harmonic
~ - vibrato hr - natural harmonic
h - hammer on b - bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap with finger f - full bend h - half bend
" - tremolo picking r - release t - tap bend
X - percussion mute p - pick when bent
> - accented note Prefixes
() - ghost note, sustained note p - pre-bend w - use bar
* - see comment d - don't pick start of bend
Notes: I've seen at least 3-4 transcriptions for this song on the
Internet most of which are pretty wrong. Hopefully my
version will help you to playing the song correctly!
Tune Gtr to D (D,G,C,F,A,D)
--A GOTHIC ROMANCE--
(Synthesizer Intro)
[Fill 1] (End Fill 1)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|[Gtr.1]
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|__X__X__X__X---X__________________________________________________\-|
|__X__X__X__X---X__________________________________________________\-|
(Pick scrapes) (Pick slides slow & steadily, then hand slide.) sl
[Figure A] (End Figure A)
||---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------||
||-->------|->-------|---------|->-------|-->------|---------||
||*-9------|-8-------|->-------|-9-------|-10------|->------*||[Gtr.1]
||*-9------|-8-------|-8-------|-9-------|-10------|-8------*||
||--7------|-6-------|-8-------|-7-------|-8-------|-8-------||
||--0------|---------|-6-------|-0-------|---------|-6-------||
|| (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a 1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) ||
|| ||
|| ||
||---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------||
||---------|->-------|->-------|---------|---------|->-------||
||*->------|-8-------|-3-------|->-------|->-------|-3------*||[Gtr.2]
||*-2------|-8-------|-3-------|-2-------|-3-------|-3------*||
||--2------|-6-------|-1-------|-2-------|-3-------|-1-------||
||--0------|-6-------|-1-------|-0-------|-1-------|-1-------||
(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a 1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.)
[Figure A.1]
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||-->------->------->------->-------|->-------->----------------------|
||*-9---99--9---99--9---99--9---99--|-8---88---8---88->-------->------|[Gtr.1]
||*-9---99--9---99--9---99--9---99--|-8---88---8---88-8---88---8---88-|
||--7---77--7---77--7---77--7---77--|-6---66---6---66-8---88---8---88-|
||--0---00--0---00--0---00--0---00--|-----------------6---66---6---66-|
|| (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) |
|| |
|| |
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|->-------->------>-------->------|
||*->------->------->------->-------|-8---88---8---88-3---33---3---33-|[Gtr.2]
||*-2---22--2---22--2---22--2---22--|-8---88---8---88-3---33---3---33-|
||--2---22--2---22--2---22--2---22--|-6---66---6---66-1---11---1---11-|
||--0---00--0---00--0---00--0---00--|-6---66---6---66-1---11---1---11-|
(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.)
(End Figure A.1)
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|->------->------->------->---------|-->------->----------------------||
|-9---99--9---99--9---99--9---99----|-10-1010-10-1010->-------->-----*||[Gtr.1]
|-9---99--9---99--9---99--9---99----|-10-1010-10-1010-8---88---8--88-*||
|-7---77--7---77--7---77--7---77----|-8--8-8--8--8-8--8---88---8--88--||
|-0---00--0---00--0---00--0---00----|-----------------6---66---6--66--||
|(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) ||
| ||
| ||
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-->------->------>-------->------||
|->------->------->------->---------|-10-1010-10-1010-3---33---3--33-*||[Gtr.2]
|-2---22--2---22--2---22--2---22----|-10-1010-10-1010-3---33---3--33-*||
|-2---22--2---22--2---22--2---22----|-8--8-8--8--8-8--1---11---1--11--||
|-0---00--0---00--0---00--0---00----|-8--8-8--8--8-8--1---11---1--11--||
(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.)
[Figure B]
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||-->-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
||*-7-(7)------------------>------|--------------------------------|[Gtr.1]
||*-7-(7)-----------------10------|-10"----------------------------|
||--5-(5)-----------------10------|-10"----------------------------|
||------------------------8-------|--8"----------------------------|
|| (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) |
|| |
|| |
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-----------------6/10-----------|
||*-------------------------------|---------7/10----sl-------------|[Gtr.2]
||*--------------5--7-------------|-7/12----sl---------------------|
||-/5-(5)--------------8--5-------|-sl-----------------------------|
||sl------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------->----------|----------------------|
|-->------------>-----|----------7----------|-(7)------------------|[Gtr.1]
|--8------8--7--5-----|-(5)------7----------|-(7)------------------|
|--8------8--7--5-----|-(5)------5----------|-(5)------------------|
|--6------6--5--3-----|-(3)-----------------|----------------------|
| @ @ |
| |
| |
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-10-9--7--9----------|-10-9-----------------|[Gtr.2]
|---------------------|---------------------|-------7---------(7)\-|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------sl|
|---6-----6--5--3-----|---------------------|----------------------|
@ @
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|->------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-(7)------------------->------|---------------------------------|[Gtr.1]
|-7-(7)------------------10------|-10"-----------------------------|
|-5-(5)------------------10------|-10"-----------------------------|
|------------------------8-------|--8"-----------------------------|
| (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a etc.) |
| |
| |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------6/10------------|
|--------------------------------|---------7/10----sl--------------|[Gtr.2]
|---------------5--7-------------|-7/12----sl----------------------|
|/5-(5)---------------8--5-------|-sl------------------------------|
|sl------------------------------|---------------------------------|
(End Figure B)
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|->------------>-------|---------->----------|--------------------*||[Gtr.1]
|-8------8--7--5-------|-(5)------7----------|-(7)----------------*||
|-8------8--7--5-------|-(5)------7----------|-(7)-----------------||
|-6------6--5--3-------|-(3)------5----------|-(5)-----------------||
| @ @ ||
| ||
| ||
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|-10-9--7--9----------|-10------9-----(9)\-*||[Gtr.2]
|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------sl-*||
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
|-6------6--5--3-------|---------------------|---------------------||
@ @
[Figure C]
||-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||*------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|[Gtr.1]
||*-10--10--10--10--10--10-|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||--10--10--10--10--10--10-|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||--8---8---8---8---8---8--|-7---7---7---8----8--7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|| |_________|_________| |_________|_________| |__________|__________| |
|| 6 6 12 |
|| |
||-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|->----------->----->-----|
||*-->---------------------|->----------------->--->-|-6-----------7-----6-----|[Gtr.2]
||*-10---------------------|-9----------------10---9-|-------------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|-4-----------5-----4-----|
||--8----------------------|-7----------------8----7-|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||[Gtr.1]
|-10--10--10--10--10--10---|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-10--10--10--10--10--10---|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-8---8---8---8---8---8----|-7---7---7---8----8--7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
| |_________|_________| |_________|_________| |__________|__________| ||
| 6 6 12 ||
| ||
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------->--------|->--------------->->->---||
|-->-----------------------|->------->->----6--------|-7---------------6-7-6---||[Gtr.2]
|-10-----------------------|-9------10-9-------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------4--------|-5---------------4-5-4---||
|-8------------------------|-7------8--7-------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|-10--10--10--10--10--10---|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-10--10--10--10--10--10---|-9---9---9---10---10-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-8---8---8---8---8---8----|-7---7---7---8----8--7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|_________|_________| |_________|_________| |__________|__________|
6 6 12
(End Figure C)
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|-->------------>---->---*||[Gtrs.1&2]
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9---|-10-----------12----9---*||
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9---|-10-----------12----9----||
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--7---|-8------------10----7----||
|_________|__________|
8
Repeat Figure B: [1x]
Repeat Figure C: [1x]
[Figure D]
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||*-------------------------|--------------------------|[Gtr.1]
||*-------------------------|-10-----------------------|
||--------------8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10----------5-----5------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-|____|____|-|-8-------------8-7---8-7--|
|____|____| 6 ^
6
(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a)
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||*-------------------------|-------------7-----7------|[Gtr.2]
||*-7-----------------------|-10-----------10-9--10-9--|
||--7-----------------------|-10-----------------------|
||--5-----------------------|-8------------------------|
^ ^
(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a)
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|[Gtr.1]
|---------------------------|-------------------5------|
|--------------8-8-8-8-8-8--|-------------5-------8-7--|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-|____|____|--|-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-7--------|
|____|____| 6 |____|____|
6 6
(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a)
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|[Gtr.2]
|--------------8-8-8-8-8-8--|--------------5-----5-----|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-|____|____|--|--8-8-8-8-8-8---8-7---8-7-|
|--|____|____|------6-------|--|____|____|-------------|
6 6
(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a)
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------5------|[Gtr.1]
|---------------8-8-8-8-8-8-|-------------5-------8-7--|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5--|____|____|-|-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-7--------|
|--|____|____|-------6------|-|____|____|--------------|
6 6
(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a)
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|[Gtr.2]
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------8-8-8-8-8-8--|-------------5-----5------|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-|____|____|--|-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-7---8-7--|
|____|____| 6 |____|____|
6 6
(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a)
(End Figure D)
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------8------||
|---------------------------|-------------7-------109-*||[Gtrs.1&2]
|---------------------------|---------------109-5-----*||
|--------------8-8-8-8-8-8--|-------------5-------8-7--||
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-|____|____|--|-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-7--------||
|____|____| 6 |____|____|(Gtr.1&2 Split)
6 6
(1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a) (1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a)
Repeat Figure D: [Last bar only]
[Figure E](**) (End Figure E)
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||*--------------------------------|--------------------------------*||[Gtr.1]
||*-7"--8"7"5"--7"5"3"5"3"---------|-7"--------------5"------8"-----*||
||--5"--6"5"3"--5"3"1"3"1"5"7"8"7"-|-5"--------------3"------6"------||
||------------------------3"5"6"5"-|---------------------------------||
|| ||
|| ||
|| ||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||*--------------------------------|--------------------------------*||[Gtr.2]
||*--------------------------------|--------------------------------*||
||--5"--6"5"3"--5"3"1"3"1"---------|-5"--------------3"------6"------||
||------------------------3"5"6"5"-|---------------------------------||
(**) = The actual amount of notes picked is approximate. This will
give you an idea of how the riff is played but listen to the
song for actual timing and repetition.
Repeat Figure E: [4x]
[Figure E.1] (sim.) (End Figure E.1)
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||[Gtr.1]
||-7-----8-7-5---7-5-3-5-3---------|-7"--------------5"------8"-----||
||-5-----6-5-3---5-3-1-3-1-5-7-8-7-|-5"--------------3"------6"-----||
||-^---------^-------------3-5-6-5-|--------------------------------||
|| ||
|| ||
|| (sim.) ||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||[Gtr.2]
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||-5-----6-5-3---5-3-1-3-1---------|-5"--------------3"------6"-----||
||-^---------^-------------3-5-6-5-|--------------------------------||
[Fill 2] (End Fill 2)
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-7------------(Tacet)-------------|[Gtrs.1&2]
|-7--------------------------------|
|-5--------------------------------|
|-^--------------------------------|
Fill 1: [1x] (Pick slides only)
[Figure F](**) (End Figure F)
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||*-7------9-------10--------------|-9-10-9---10---9----------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||*-7------9-------10--------------|-9-10-9---10---9----------------*||
||--5------7-------8---------------|-7-8--7---8----7-----------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
[D5] [E5] [F5II]. . etc.
(**) = The chord notation I've put here so that the timing of both guitars
is in synchrony with the tab.
[Guitar 3](Play w/Riff F)(**)
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||------7---5---7-------7---5------|-------7---5---7-------8---7-----||[Gtr.3]
||--5---------------5-----------8--|---5---------------5-----------8-||
||----X---X---X---X---X---X---X----|-X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---||
|| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ||
|| [D5] [E5] ||
|| [8x]||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||[Gtr.3]
||------7---5---7-------7---5------|-------7---5---7-------8---7-----||
||--5---------------5-----------8--|---5---------------5-----------8-||
||----X---X---X---X---X---X---X----|-X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F5II] [E5][F5II][E5] [F5II][E5]
(**) = You can possibly substitute open E-string palm muting instead of
the percussive notes. It sounds like they play the later on the
album but if you want to beef up the riff go for the open E palm
mutes.
Repeat Figure F: [1x] + Guitar 3's riff over rhythm
[Figure F.1](w/Gtr.3 Riff) (End Figure F.1)
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
||*-7"-----9"------10"-----|-9"-10"-9"-10"-9"-------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||*-7"-----9"------10"-----|-9"-10"-9"-10"-9"-------*||
||--5"-----7"-------8"-----|-7"--8"-7"--8"-7"--------||
||-------------------------|-------------------------||
Repeat Figure F.1: [1x]
[Figure G]
||------------------|-----------------||
||------------------|-----------------||
||*-----------------|-----------------||[Gtrs.1&2]
||*-----------------|-----------------||
||--2-2-5---4/5-4/5-|-2-2-5---5-8\7-5-||
||--0-0-3-0-2/3-2/3-|-0-0-3-0-3-6\5-3-||
|| sl sl sl ||
|| ||
|| (End Figure G)||
||------------------|-----------------||
||------------------|-----------------||
||------------------|----------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||------------------|----------------*||
||--2-2-5---4/5-4/5-|-2-2-5/8-88-8-8--||
||--0-0-3-0-2/3-2/3-|-0-0-3/6-66-6-6--||
sl sl sl
Repeat Figure G: [3x]
[Figure H] (End Figure H)
||-----------------|-----------------||
||-----------------|-----------------||
||*----------------|----------------*||[Gtrs.1&2]
||*-9"---8"--------|-9"---12"-------*||
||--7"---6"---8"---|-7"---10"---8"---||
||------------6"---|------------6"---||
(**) = The actual amount of notes picked
is approximate. This will give you
an idea of how the riff is played
but listen to the song for actual
timing and repetition.
Repeat Figure H: [3x]
[Slower Tempo] (End Riff)
||------------|------------|------------|------------||
||----->------|----->------|----->------|----->------||
||->---7------|->---7------|->---7------|->---7------||[Gtr.1]
||-7---7------|-7---7------|-7---7------|-7---7------||
||-7---5------|-7---5------|-7---5------|-7---5------||
||-5----------|-5----------|-5----------|-5----------||
|| ||
|| ||
||(sim.) ||
||------------|------------|------------|------------||
||------------|------------|------------|------------||
||----/7------|----/7------|----/7------|----/7------||[Gtr.2]
||-7----------|-7----------|-7----------|-7----------||
||----/5------|----/5------|----/5------|----/5------||
||-5-sl-------|-5-sl-------|-5-sl-------|-5-sl-------||
[Slow] [3x]
||------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------||
||*---7---10109-9-----7-10109-9-7-7--*||[Gtr.1]
||*-7---------------7----------------*||
||----5---8-8-7-7~----5-8-8-7-7-5-5---||
||--5---------------5-----------------||
|| ||
|| ||
|| [3x]||
||------------------------------------||
||--------10107-7-------10107-7-------||
||*---7---------------7---------1010-*||[Gtr.2]
||*-7-----7-7-5-5---7---7-7-5-5------*||
||----5---------------5---------8-8---||
||--5---------------5-----------------||
[Next] (End Riff)
||------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------||
||*----7--10-10-9--9--7--7--6--7-----*||[Gtr.1]
||*-7--------------------------------*||
||-----5--8--8--7--7--5--5--4--5------||
||--5---------------------------------||
|| ||
|| ||
|| ||
||------------------------------------||
||--------10-10-8--8------------------||
||*----7--------------10-10-9--10----*||[Gtr.2]
||*-7-----7--7--5--5-----------------*||
||-----5--------------8--8--7--8------||
||--5---------------------------------||
Fill 2: [1x] (Guitars Tacet)
Fill 1: [1x]
[Melodic Riff](**) [8x]
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||*-/7--/10--9/10--9\7----7-|-(7)--/10--9/10--9\7-<7>-*||[Gtr.1]
||*-------------------------|-------------------------*||
||--/5--/8---7/8---7\5----5-|-(5)--/8---7/8---7\5-<5>--||
||-sl--sl----sl-----sl------|-----sl----sl-----sl------||
|| ||
|| ||
|| [8x]||
||--/10-/13--12/13-12\10-10-|-(10)-/13--12/13-12\10<10>||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||*-/7--/10---9/10--9\7--7--|-(7)--/10---9/10--9\7-<7>*||[Gtr.2]
||*sl--sl------------sl-----|-----sl-----sl-----sl----*||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
(End Riff)
(**) = This riff has some variations which I didn't tab out
completely. Listen to the song for the guitar harm-
onies to get a better & more accurate idea of how
this riff is played.
[Lead Guitar](w/Melodic Riff) [2x]
||----------------12----13----15-----||-------------15----13----12-------||
||-/15-(15)-15"------15----15----15\-||-/15---15"------15----15----15----||
||*sl-----------------------------sl*||sl--------------------------------||[Gtr.2]
||*---------------------------------*||----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
|| ||
|| ||
|| (End Riff)||
||-------12----13----15----13----12--||----------------------------------||
||-15"------15----15----15----15-----||-15-<15>--------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||---------(For-spacing-purposes)---||[Gtr.2]
||-----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
Repeat Lead Guitar Riff: [1x]
Repeat Figure E: [1x]
Repeat Figure E.1: [1x]
Repeat Figure E: [4x]
Repeat Figure G: [4x]
End!
LYRICS
------
Evening minuetto in a castle by the sea
A jewel more radiant than the moon
Lowered Her mask to me
The sublimest creature the Gods, full of fire
Would marvel at making their Queen
Infusing the air with Her fragrant desire
And my heart reeled with grave poetry....
>From grace I fell in love with Her
Scent and feline lure
And jade woodland eyes that ushered in the impurest
"Erotic, laden fantasies amid this warm Autumn night
She lulled me away from the rich masquerade
And together we clung in the bloodletting moonlight"
Pearled luna, what spell didst thou cast on me?
Her icy kiss fervoured my neck
Like whispering waves 'pon Acheron's beach
In a whirl of sweet voices and statues
That phantomed the dying trees
This debauched seductress in black, took me....
In a pale azured dawn like Ligeia reborn
I tore free of my sleep - sepulchre
On the sea misted lawn where stone figures, forlorn
Lamented the spectre of Her
Bewildered and weak, yet with passion replete
I hungered for past overtures
The curse of unrest and her ardent caress
Came much more than my soul could endure....
I, at once endeavoured to see Her again
Stirring from midnight's inertia
Knowing not even her name
On a thin precipice over carnal abyss
I danced like a blind acolyte
Drunk on red wine, her dead lips on mine
Suffused with the perfume of night
For hours I scoured the surrounding grounds
In vain that we might meet
When storm clouds broke, ashened, fatigued
I sought refuge in a cemeterty
Sleep, usher dreams
Taint to nightmares from a sunless nether
Mistress of the dark
I now know what thou art
Screams haunt my sleep
Dragged from nightmares thou hast wed together
Lamia and Lemures
Spawned thee leche
To snare my flesh
Portrait of the Dead Countess
Deep stained pain that I had dreamt
Flaunted demise, life's punishment
Leaving little strength to seal this wretched tomb....
But poised nectar within my stirs
Up feverous desire and morbid purpose to search
Through cobwebbed drapery to where she swoons
Goddess of the graveyard, of the tempest and moon
In flawless fatal beauty her very visage compels
Glimpses of a heaven where ghost companies fell
To mourning the loss of god in blackest velvet
Enrobed in their downfall like a swift silhouette
"Fleeting, enshadowed
Thou art privy to my sin
Secrets dead, wouldst thou inflict
The cruel daylights upon my skin?
Dost thou not want to worship me
With crimson sacrifice
So my cunt may twitch against thy kiss
And weep with new-found life?"
Red roses for the Devil's whore....
Dark angels taste my tears
And whisper haunting requiems
Softly to mine ear
Need-fires have lured abominations here....
Nocturnal pulse
My veins spill forth their waters
Rent by lips I cherish most
Awash on her perfidious shores
Where drowning umbra o'er the stars
Ebon's graves where lovers whore
Like seraphim and Nahemah
"Nahemah"
Pluck out mine eyes, hasten, attest
Blind reason against thee, Enchantress
For I must know, art thou not death?
My heart echoes bloodless and incensed....
Doth temptation prowl night in vulvic revelry
Did not the Queen of Heaven come as Devil to me?
On that fatal Hallow's Eve when we fled company
As the music swept around us in the crisp, fated leaves
UNder horned Diana where her bloodline was sewn
In a graveyard of Angels rent in cool marbled stone
I am grieving the loss of life in sombre velvet
Enrobed in Death's shadow like a swifter
silhouette....
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