[Intro]

You brand this curse upon my name

I damn your venom to the flame

One final glance to ghosts of yore

Shall blind our eyes to meet no more

This monster you have made, in turn

Shall see your soul forever burn

(sinister cackling)

[Verse]

Hold your screams, the lights are turning low

Gnashing fever dream of a haunted picture show

'Cuz you're in for a fright

Guided by the lantern-light, so—

Please hold your questions

We're raising the curtains

It's high time we started the show

[Verse]

In the dead of night, our hero's waiting

Beneath the mask it lies

The face he's saving

And to his surprise his surprise

A well of terror filled his eyes, oh—

[Bridge]

Wretched and broken

His lies as a token

His creature was ready to go

[Chorus]

Oh, what a monster you have made of me

Amusing, I was seen as a pet

Just a meal to wet his teeth

And the scene's all in your head

It's red

Let's see that the monster is fed

We bled, the dread

Your terror is back from the dead

[Verse]

Look at him, standing proud and tall

Composing harmonies in the highest hallowed hall

But his creature of the night

Lies waiting for a bite

His monster is ravenous

Out of the shadows

It's ready to swallow him whole

[Verse]

And now he's face-to-face, with his creation

All the bone displaced, in his fixation

Try as he might, there was never an end in sight

[Bridge]

Creator, look nearer

Your monster's a mirror

Revenge is delicious when cold

[Chorus]

Oh what a prison you had made for me

Refusing to be forced to a cell

Crying out in unheard pleas

And its all just empty threats

Regrets

I'm tired of paying your debts

Forget this duet

I'm finally burning the set

[Break]

Creator look closer

Your monster's a mirror

You cast me aside

To see yourself clearer

Unmask your deceit

The lie's lost it's shimmer

These roles would have fit

If you had been sincerer

I'm not just some scene

You wish you'd shot better

I have my own dreams

I won't let them bitter

You left me in pieces

'Cause you're so damn clever

These wounds can be healed

You'll be broken forever

What does it mean?

Where did I come from?

Am I even seen

Behind this old bass drum

The world spins around me

I can't even fathom

I'm nothing to you

Am I just a phantasm?

[Verse]

So you ask how the story ends

Are the sinner and the devil

On the path to make amends?

Though the curtain falls

The story's written on the walls, so—

[Bridge]

It's only Act One

You're still in for some fun

So let's just wait and see where this goes

[Outro]

Why did it have to end this way?

I refuse to be the monster

You made to fit your charade

Escape the past

Be buried, and embrace

The slow decay

How the show will go on

Is only for me to say