Venin Lyrics

(Christ): MY FACE, A ROTTING MASK
ONCE CHERISHED
DISCARDED ON THE BARREN FLOOR
AS HIS TONGUE LICKS VENOM
AND DESIRES
AND DEFILES MY TEMPLE
YET UNFETTERS MY WILL

IN EXULTATION
MY PIETY PLAYED AS UNDER SKIN DID CRAWL HIS WORDS LIKE HONEYED PARASITES

(I): Once King in excelsis
For the taste so ripe His ear did bend and He gave His soul

(Christ): FOR INAMORATA
I SUCCUMBED
TO REPTILE WHISPER
YET NO SCAB TO PEEL
FOR I DROWNED IN HER FOR LOVE

(I/Christ):Not seven that contaminates MY WOUND But open eyes that felt her love

(Christ): I RELINQUISH ALL, I ACQUIESE
I TAKE HER HAND AND FALL FOR LOVE
FOR LOVE I DIE

(Mankind):(pater nos)

(He): What betrayal is this?
Whose spine be mine,
Now paralysed and snapped
Who was the vessel for my word that cannot be denied
Undone!
Temptation was the water he could not drink

(Mankind):(pater nos)

(He): Split the skull!
And I shall disembowel with Longinus spear to be my fist
Now choke will he on the torrents that pour from on high
For inamorata he died

THIS SWEETEST LIGHT SHALL SING MY SONG, AS WORDS ONCE BITTER NOW SUCCULENT IN MY MOUTH
A REFRESHING FEEL THAT BATHES MY TONGUE