Existence Is Futile
Cradle of Filth
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The Fate of the World on Our Shoulders
01 : 37
2
Existential Terror
06 : 17
3
Necromantic Fantasies
05 : 40
4
Crawling King Chaos
05 : 27
5
Here Comes a Candle… (Infernal Lullaby)
01 : 28
6
Black Smoke Curling From the Lips of War
05 : 21
7
Discourse Between a Man and His Soul
05 : 30
8
The Dying of the Embers
06 : 08
9
Ashen Mortality
01 : 50
10
How Many Tears to Nurture a Rose?
04 : 34
11
Suffer Our Dominion
06 : 22
12
Us, Dark, Invincible
06 : 26
13
Sisters of the Mist
07 : 14
14
Unleash the Hellion
06 : 23
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Track Lyrics
Existential Terror Lyrics
[Intro]
Pulvis et umbra sumus
Pulvis et umbra sumus
Pulvis et umbra sumus
Pulvis et umbra
[Verse 1]
Meaningless
Is this all there is
A flicker of life in a black forever?
[Verse 2]
Shine a light on the bowels of heaven
Dark futures howl in her grip
Frightening new constellations, headlong
Press their scowls on Orion's lip
[Pre-Chorus]
Our earth is strangled
From within and soon without
[Chorus 1]
Existential terror
Four Horsemen: our pallbearers
Riding nightmares of purebred belief
In the coming apocalypse
[Chorus 2]
Existential terror
Furiеs spit on grave endeavours
Thе world is a slippery reef
Encircled by beasts of the sea
'Neath an eclipse
[Refrain]
Pulvis et umbra sumus
Pulvis et umbra sumus
Pulvis et umbra sumus
Pulvis et umbra
[Verse 3]
The more we know, all the more we quiver
On our knees before prophecies
Just begun or being sung for countless centuries
Psalms carved deep into our psyches
[Pre-Chorus]
Our earth, newfangled
Abrim with sin and fully undevout
[Chorus]
Existential terror
Four Horsemen: our pallbearers
Riding nightmares of purebred belief
In the coming apocalypse
[Chorus 2]
Existential terror
Bleak winds blow storm-crow scarers
The world is a slippery reef
Encircled by beasts of the wing
'Neath an eclipse
[Bridge 1]
A gnawing fear of death
Of the great beyond
Of the lessening bells of midnights left
To dwell upon what the hell went wrong
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Bridge 2]
A perverse, reverse Pentecost
Mass cataclysm, all is lost
Accursed music of the spheres
Ascends to score a bitter ending here
[Chorus 1]
Existential terror
Pestilential errors fly
In the face of planetary strife
[Chorus 2]
Existential terror
Four Horsemen: our pallbearers
Riding nightmares of purebred belief
In our extermination
[Post-Chorus]
Decide
Eyes scour blazing skies
Time to embrace the inevitable
We are all going to fucking die
[Bridge 3]
Pulvis et umbra sumus
Nothing but nothing remains
Pulvis et umbra sumus
Pulvis et umbra sumus
Nothing but nothing remains
Pulvis et umbra sumus
Again
[Outro]
Pulvis et umbra sumus
Nothing but nothing remains
Pulvis et umbra sumus
Discourse Between a Man and His Soul Lyrics
8 ContributorsDiscourse Between a Man and His Soul LyricsI look back on the books of my life
I've written so well
Father, I fell
Farther, I fell
For coveted girls
And the sins that follow them
I have loved and laughed enough
For half a battalion of foes
But nobody knows
Of my inner demeanour but thee
Nightmares
Slink in their dark lairs
Thinking of plots where
Everything rings with the sting of depravity
As thou have seen
I have not always danced
On the edge of the world
I have oft lost my mind
In labyrinths, blind
And broken my bread with the flies
I just don't want to die
Without thee by my side
Satеd and beautiful...
I will struggle with keys at thе gate
Never a saint, far from decency's grace
True to my heart
Bearing off-the-chart latitudes
Father, I fell
Farther, I fell
A reckless Rakehell
With misdeeds that still honour me
I see now that beauty held me
Mesmerised under a spell
Father, I fell
Farther, I fell
Down slick mythic wells
Where emptiness swallowed me
I have lived and gasped enough
For more than ten thousand shadows
But nobody knows
Of my innermost demons but thee
Nightmares
Slink in their dark lairs
Eyes are aflame there
Waiting to sink their despicable teeth into me
As thou have seen
I have not always danced
On the edge of the world
I have succoured and fought
Like a fucker for naught
But the right to be left to my dreams
Finally, soul, I am free
Joyously thralled to recalled memories of yore
So before I pass
I must see thee if only once more
Oh, my beautiful friend
I will love thee until the end is nigh
And in time
I'll find thee in my arms on the vast other side
Father, I fell
I look back on the books of my life
I've written so well
Father, I fell
Farther, I fell, a reckless Rakehell
With misdeeds that still honour me
I see now that beauty held me
Mesmerised under a spell
Father, I fell
Farther, I fell
Down slick mythic wells
Where emptiness swallowed me
The Dying of the Embers Lyrics
8 ContributorsThe Dying of the Embers LyricsBloodstains, not rose petals, lie on the path
To the gluttonous bed of the whore
For she, who is Satan, the waiting bloodbath
Is preparing her nation's for war
For war!
Anthropogenic, dark angels wring
The fabric of life free of tears
Choking black fronds from the censers they bring
Encircle as Apocalypse nears
Midnight is the phase
Seismic second waves
End of final days near
Sorrowed Holocene
Blackened back to clean
Like man has never been here
Nothing but burnt skies ever learnt
The fate of that terrible game
It is not this stirred circus
Strength that deserts us
Fires that hurt us
But the dying of the embers
That murders all hope for the flame
For the ghost of humanity to rise once again
Unsympathetic judgement descends
Nine billion souls under heel
Storm clouds ablaze, razors slice through the ends
Of the Earth, with insatiable zeal
Midnight is the phase
Seismic second waves
End of final days near
Sorrowed Holocene
Blackened back to clean
Like man has never been here
Nothing but burnt skies ever learnt
The fate of that terrible game
It is not this stirred circus
Strength that deserts us
Fires that hurt us
That brings on the pain
Nothing but burnt skies ever learnt
The fate of that terrible game
It is not this stirred circus
Strength that deserts us
Fires that hurt us
But the dying of the embers
That murders all hope for the flame
For the ghost of humanity to rise once again
Our lengthening reach went astray
Ignoring the laws of our brittle existence
The universe clawed, tore it away
Life is a dream in an endless charade
Armageddon deadens (Armageddon deadens)
(Armageddon deadens, Armageddon deadens)
History warned us, but we chose to pray
We murdered all hope for the flame
For the ghost of humanity to rise once again
Nothing but burnt skies ever learnt
The fate of that terrible game
It is not this stirred circus
Strength that deserts us
Fires that hurt us
That brings on the pain
Nothing but burnt skies ever learnt
The fate of that terrible game
It is not this stirred circus
Strength that deserts us
Fires that hurt us
But the dying of the embers
That murders all hope for the flame