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Artist: Virgin Black
Canonical path: /virgin-black/i-sleep-with-the-emperor
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I Sleep With The Emperor
Read I Sleep With The Emperor lyrics by Virgin Black on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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I Sleep With The Emperor
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I shivered
in the warmth of their god
Yet this mansion
is haunted by romance
His servants heal my scars
Anointing me with oil
I am naked and silk on this eve
His body will cradle his brides'
in frailty as I await his kiss
mortality ebbs from me
The pendulum swings
Twelve times it rings
On this night
I sleep with the emperor
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Virgin Black performs "I Sleep With The Emperor", and this lyric page sits inside the Virgin Black catalog on LyroVerse.
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