[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Saxophone, Drums, Electric Guitar, Percussion]
[Intro]
Step right up!
(Welcome to the show!)
Where the wicked wear a halo
(And the good don’t get to know)
Pull back the curtain
(What’s that you see?)
A mess of madness
(A whole lot of depravity!)
… covered in sadness…
[Verse 1]
There’s a shadow in the mirror
With a smile that doesn’t fit
There’s a promise on the table
And a thief who’s sitting with it
There’s a handshake hiding poison
There’s a contract hiding lies
There’s a thousand little victims
And a million alibis
Take a little bit of conscience
Throw it out the door
When you can’t feel another’s pain
You can always take some more
[Refrain]
Debauch all
(Diabolical)
A spectral
(… of evil)
Lie, cheat, and steal
(All that is real)
No empathy… doesn’t feel
(Launch debauch)
[Verse 2]
Sell the truth for pocket change
Sell the future for a deal
Turn a neighbor into numbers
Turn a wound into a spiel
Make the greedy look like winners
Make the ruthless look refined
Put a price tag on compassion
Leave the human heart behind
If the people start complaining
Call their suffering a show
If the evidence gets ugly
Tell the audience to go
There’s a ladder made of broken trust
And a throne built out of fear
And the ones who climb the highest
Never seem to shed a tear
[Refrain]
Debauch all
(Diabolical)
A spectral
(… of evil)
Lie, cheat, and steal
(All that is real)
No empathy… doesn’t feel
(Launch debauch)
When conscience becomes inconvenient
(Throw conscience away)
When truth becomes a liability
(Make truth obey)
When cruelty becomes business
(And greed becomes law)
When the powerful take everything
(In jaw-dropping awe)
Lie!
(That’s the ticket!)
Cheat!
(Go on, get it!)
Steal!
(What’s the deal?)
No remorse!
(Stay the course!)
Who took the money?
(Who took the cash?)
… it really isn’t funny
(Deserving of a lash)
Who told the lie?
(Money answers why)
Who gets the benefit?
(The ones up high!)
Where’s the conscience?
(Out of sight!)
Where’s the compassion?
(Left the fight!)
What happens next?
(We choose the plot!)
Debauch all?
(Or stop the rot!)
[Refrain]
Debauch all
(Diabolical)
A spectral
(… of evil)
[Final Refrain]
Debauch all
(Diabolical)
A spectral
(… of evil)
Lie, cheat, and steal
(All that is real)
No empathy… doesn’t feel
(Launch debauch!)
[Outro]
Debauch all
(Expose the rot!)
Debauch all
(Forget me not!)
Lie, cheat, and steal
(That’s not the deal!)
No empathy… doesn’t feel
(We know the real!)
[Outro]
No shame!
(Lust fame!)
No conscience?
(Pay the consequence!)
Take it all!
(Watch it fall!)
From the album “Social Truth“