you will know the lion by his claw
Singer:cradle of filth
the sweet-tempered soughing
of lucrative savannah winds
stirs the great flotsam of clouds that vowing to usher the evening in
affecting the set of the reckoning sun
from burnished gold to crimson hue
before this night is quite sorely undone
the devil is coming from you
like a ghost haunting the darkness
where many kings were felled
a savage growling rakes this grassy vastness
halting you in the tracks you've laid
to rule this fulsome world
now silent as a wisp of smoke
terror grips you by the throat
you will know the lion by his claw
was your first and fatal flaw
never will the hunter ever be the hunted here or evermore
brought this courted slaughter to your door
i am nature's great restorer
tail tucked between her legs
of teeth and jaws together
i am leonine and ten commandments
through limitless whispering seas
of redolent tropical plains
whereupon mystery's blistery frieze
a silvering gibbous moon reigns
obsessive to snuff out your lights
i come a cold virulent grue
blighting your guides and delighting inside
on the pride that is tiding for you
as a beast feasting its hunger
rifles and fire shall not repel
industrious machinations rent asunder
no miring me in traps well-laid
i'll not pale to unveil my hell
you will know the lion by his claw
this violence is a plague of flame
licking the brush to flush out game
a bellow of rage caged in yellow eye
you will know the lion by his claw
was your first and fatal flaw
never will the hunter ever be the hunted here or evermore
brought this courted slaughter to your door
you will know the lion by his claw
now hear the growing thunder roar
the walls of blackish thorn have fallen batterfang and chaos
who stand by shattered loss
your shadow scatters westward
as a new dawn feeds upon the skies