[Silence]
\n[Instrumental Intro: Piano, Deep Sub-Bass Synth, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Saxophone, Drums, Electric Guitar, Percussion]<\/p>\n
[Intro]
\nStep right up!
\n(Welcome to the show!)
\nWhere the wicked wear a halo
\n(And the good don’t get to know)<\/p>\n
Pull back the curtain
\n(What’s that you see?)
\nA mess of madness
\n(A whole lot of depravity!)<\/p>\n
… covered in sadness… <\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nThere’s a shadow in the mirror
\nWith a smile that doesn’t fit
\nThere’s a promise on the table
\nAnd a thief who’s sitting with it<\/p>\n
There’s a handshake hiding poison
\nThere’s a contract hiding lies
\nThere’s a thousand little victims
\nAnd a million alibis<\/p>\n
Take a little bit of conscience
\nThrow it out the door
\nWhen you can’t feel another’s pain
\nYou can always take some more<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nDebauch all
\n(Diabolical)
\nA spectral
\n(… of evil)<\/p>\n
Lie, cheat, and steal
\n(All that is real)
\nNo empathy… doesn’t feel
\n(Launch debauch)<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nSell the truth for pocket change
\nSell the future for a deal
\nTurn a neighbor into numbers
\nTurn a wound into a spiel<\/p>\n
Make the greedy look like winners
\nMake the ruthless look refined
\nPut a price tag on compassion
\nLeave the human heart behind<\/p>\n
If the people start complaining
\nCall their suffering a show
\nIf the evidence gets ugly
\nTell the audience to go<\/p>\n
There’s a ladder made of broken trust
\nAnd a throne built out of fear
\nAnd the ones who climb the highest
\nNever seem to shed a tear<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nDebauch all
\n(Diabolical)
\nA spectral
\n(… of evil)<\/p>\n
Lie, cheat, and steal
\n(All that is real)
\nNo empathy… doesn’t feel
\n(Launch debauch)<\/p>\n
When conscience becomes inconvenient
\n(Throw conscience away)
\nWhen truth becomes a liability
\n(Make truth obey)<\/p>\n
When cruelty becomes business
\n(And greed becomes law)
\nWhen the powerful take everything
\n(In jaw-dropping awe)<\/p>\n
Lie!
\n(That’s the ticket!)
\nCheat!
\n(Go on, get it!)
\nSteal!
\n(What’s the deal?)<\/p>\n
No remorse!
\n(Stay the course!)<\/p>\n
Who took the money?
\n(Who took the cash?)
\n… it really isn’t funny
\n(Deserving of a lash)<\/p>\n
Who told the lie?
\n(Money answers why)
\nWho gets the benefit?
\n(The ones up high!)<\/p>\n
Where’s the conscience?
\n(Out of sight!)
\nWhere’s the compassion?
\n(Left the fight!)<\/p>\n
What happens next?
\n(We choose the plot!)
\nDebauch all?
\n(Or stop the rot!)<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nDebauch all
\n(Diabolical)
\nA spectral
\n(… of evil)<\/p>\n
[Final Refrain]
\nDebauch all
\n(Diabolical)
\nA spectral
\n(… of evil)<\/p>\n
Lie, cheat, and steal
\n(All that is real)
\nNo empathy… doesn’t feel
\n(Launch debauch!)<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\nDebauch all
\n(Expose the rot!)
\nDebauch all
\n(Forget me not!)<\/p>\n
Lie, cheat, and steal
\n(That’s not the deal!)
\nNo empathy… doesn’t feel
\n(We know the real!)<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\nNo shame!
\n(Lust fame!)
\nNo conscience?
\n(Pay the consequence!)
\nTake it all!
\n(Watch it fall!)<\/p>\n