C.C.C.P.

The grounds of a new foundation Raised on the ashes of the last As all too soon it is forgotten The rise and ruin of the past The premise of a new conviction Raised on the vestiges of the old As all too soon they are deserted The yarns and legends on

Sheep for a Lifetime, or Lion for a Day Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio Foresee the traitors of the future embrace the changes of today Fulfill the secrets of tomorrow to change the outcome, of yesterday We forgive the world for nothing as we commemorate ea

Mary dances in the shadows Dressed in stockings made of white She provides herself to angels Seeking salvage to bear child Mary dances in the sunshine She's the mother of the damned She's the mother of delusions She's the concubine of man Mary dances

You come before me in heels of silver Disguised in seams restrained in heels You kneel before me compelled to follow In girdle clenched confined to please Your skin detained in corset's embrace In stockings wed thou shall concede Your lust extends be

Let us drink with the dead and delinquent Let us bring in the women and bring in the wine Let us drink with the women of crimson Let us raise our glasses and remember the times When women loved women and men ravished men Let our bottomless glasses be

In the midst of flaming ruins sits a scarlet woman bare Bearing arms of blooded silver sitting stalwart on a mare She has journeyed through salvation she has journeyed all alone She has journeyed through the twilight to find shelter in the sun Lashed

I'm the serpent Messiah of your wakened dreams With a serpent smile and a dagger of silver I shall make you lust and make you bleed With a knife and a smile I am evil for thee I'm the angel of pleasure, infesting your sleep As true as I am I'm the ki

Fornication veils the morning just like carnage veils the day The absurd and foul are silenced as the gods have turned away There are crimson feathers falling from the slaughtered bird of truce I am wearing all my glory for the advent of the new Ther