Give the Devil His Due: The Story Lyrics

(Narrator):
On a moonless night
The sixth of June
at the Black Cat lounge
a stranger drinks alone

A wretched soul
of cruel heart
of spite and poison
and cold blood

Just then, a tall dark figure walked in
and called the stranger by his name
He was a sharp dressed man
wearing a mask of gold

(Mephisto):
Your time has come
my dear friend
to pay your dues
to pay your debt

(Man):
Tell the Dark Prince
I 'll come with joy!
So drag me through
the Fires of Hell
and free my spirit
from it's bounds
transform the blackness of my soul
and give me flesh in demon form

(Mephisto):
I am afraid you got it wrong
you worthless, tragic human scum
We gave you riches and success.
to please your lust, to feed your vice.
We gave you power to rule,
and gorged your passions to the full.
But you became a slave to them
a petty tiny piece of soul
You failed to love and to be loved!
You failed to spread our doctrine far!

You are just an ugly vacant shell
your ether is to feed our dogs.

And when the clock stroke midnight
all that was left of these two men
a pile of ashes and a smell
like sulfur from the Pits of Hell

(Infernal Heralds):
De tenebris
Et dolorem
Est justicia
Infernalis

Praise the Prince of Darkness
For his justice is swift
Praise the Prince of Darkness
For his wisdom is vast