A Cautionary Tale
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๐ Lyrics
Faustus begin thine incantations,
Take good care to draw thy circle true,
By god must you prevail -
For if you fail these
Demons make a meal of you.
Your soul shall be their meat -
A kingly feast for them to eat,
Beware your future at hand,
Alas for thou art dammed.
[good angel:]
"faustus seek repentance,
Abjure this evil art,
Cease this wretched wickedness
And cleans thy foolish heart,
For the evil that once served you
Has made of you a slave,
And transformed your bed of roses'
To a premature grave."
Then in a mighty flash of light
Before thee mephistopheles appears.
[faustus:]
"i charge thee go and change thy shape,
For you fill my soul with fear.
Now swift-as-hell back to the fire
Return an old franciscan friar."
[mephistopheles:]
"mortal command me while you can,
For surely thou art dammed."
[bad angel:]
"faustus be thou resolute
In what thou wilst perform,
Ignore these righteous idiots -
Their trinity to scorn,
For years of depravation you receive eternal life,
But fame and wealth and maidens-fair
Are by far the better price."
[faustus:]
"temptations all around me,
Is there nowhere i can turn?
Hellfire is all about me,
Now i know that i shall burn,
I face excommunication for the error
Of my ways - to burn in hell for all my days.
Bell, book and candle, candle, book, bell,
Forwards and backwards to damn me to hell.
Jehova i beg thee have mercy on my soul.
Be gone foul beast that stands before me,
My god! the midnight hour chimes,
Oh lord have mercy he comes for me,
I haven't got much time.
I am awake this is no dream,
I cry - but terror takes my scream,
And now my future is at hand,
Also for i am dammed."
[good angel:]
"think for just one moment
And i'm sure that you will see,
The moral of this story -
That what shall be must be.
He who gives his soul to hell,
Must dare to pay the price,
He versed in divinity must
Live a noble life -
Or else he is damned!
Take good care to draw thy circle true,
By god must you prevail -
For if you fail these
Demons make a meal of you.
Your soul shall be their meat -
A kingly feast for them to eat,
Beware your future at hand,
Alas for thou art dammed.
[good angel:]
"faustus seek repentance,
Abjure this evil art,
Cease this wretched wickedness
And cleans thy foolish heart,
For the evil that once served you
Has made of you a slave,
And transformed your bed of roses'
To a premature grave."
Then in a mighty flash of light
Before thee mephistopheles appears.
[faustus:]
"i charge thee go and change thy shape,
For you fill my soul with fear.
Now swift-as-hell back to the fire
Return an old franciscan friar."
[mephistopheles:]
"mortal command me while you can,
For surely thou art dammed."
[bad angel:]
"faustus be thou resolute
In what thou wilst perform,
Ignore these righteous idiots -
Their trinity to scorn,
For years of depravation you receive eternal life,
But fame and wealth and maidens-fair
Are by far the better price."
[faustus:]
"temptations all around me,
Is there nowhere i can turn?
Hellfire is all about me,
Now i know that i shall burn,
I face excommunication for the error
Of my ways - to burn in hell for all my days.
Bell, book and candle, candle, book, bell,
Forwards and backwards to damn me to hell.
Jehova i beg thee have mercy on my soul.
Be gone foul beast that stands before me,
My god! the midnight hour chimes,
Oh lord have mercy he comes for me,
I haven't got much time.
I am awake this is no dream,
I cry - but terror takes my scream,
And now my future is at hand,
Also for i am dammed."
[good angel:]
"think for just one moment
And i'm sure that you will see,
The moral of this story -
That what shall be must be.
He who gives his soul to hell,
Must dare to pay the price,
He versed in divinity must
Live a noble life -
Or else he is damned!
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:05.42] Faustus begin thine incantations,
[00:07.23] Take good care to draw thy circle true,
[00:10.83] By god must you prevail -
[00:11.78] For if you fail these
[00:12.65] Demons make a meal of you.
[00:15.39] Your soul shall be their meat -
[00:17.14] A kingly feast for them to eat,
[00:18.09] Beware your future at hand,
[00:19.87] Alas for thou art dammed.
[00:26.28] [good angel:]
[00:32.08] "faustus seek repentance,
[00:33.80] Abjure this evil art,
[00:34.73] Cease this wretched wickedness
[00:36.57] And cleans thy foolish heart,
[00:37.46] For the evil that once served you
[00:39.27] Has made of you a slave,
[00:40.11] And transformed your bed of roses'
[00:41.94] To a premature grave."
[00:48.52] Then in a mighty flash of light
[00:50.37] Before thee mephistopheles appears.
[00:53.01] [faustus:]
[00:53.95] "i charge thee go and change thy shape,
[00:55.78] For you fill my soul with fear.
[00:59.33] Now swift-as-hell back to the fire
[01:00.29] Return an old franciscan friar."
[01:02.05] [mephistopheles:]
[01:02.96] "mortal command me while you can,
[01:03.81] For surely thou art dammed."
[01:09.99] [bad angel:]
[01:15.27] "faustus be thou resolute
[01:17.09] In what thou wilst perform,
[01:18.81] Ignore these righteous idiots -
[01:19.60] Their trinity to scorn,
[01:21.43] For years of depravation you receive eternal life,
[01:23.89] But fame and wealth and maidens-fair
[01:25.76] Are by far the better price."
[01:30.22] [faustus:]
[01:33.83] "temptations all around me,
[01:35.65] Is there nowhere i can turn?
[01:40.10] Hellfire is all about me,
[01:42.81] Now i know that i shall burn,
[01:47.34] I face excommunication for the error
[01:50.10] Of my ways - to burn in hell for all my days.
[02:04.54] Bell, book and candle, candle, book, bell,
[02:07.22] Forwards and backwards to damn me to hell.
[02:16.37] Jehova i beg thee have mercy on my soul.
[03:29.61] Be gone foul beast that stands before me,
[03:30.53] My god! the midnight hour chimes,
[03:34.12] Oh lord have mercy he comes for me,
[03:35.93] I haven't got much time.
[03:39.51] I am awake this is no dream,
[03:40.44] I cry - but terror takes my scream,
[03:42.28] And now my future is at hand,
[03:44.00] Also for i am dammed."
[03:49.48] [good angel:]
[03:55.38] "think for just one moment
[03:57.15] And i'm sure that you will see,
[03:58.94] The moral of this story -
[03:59.89] That what shall be must be.
[04:01.64] He who gives his soul to hell,
[04:02.51] Must dare to pay the price,
[04:04.39] He versed in divinity must
[04:06.15] Live a noble life -
[04:11.22] Or else he is damned!
[04:13.92]
[00:07.23] Take good care to draw thy circle true,
[00:10.83] By god must you prevail -
[00:11.78] For if you fail these
[00:12.65] Demons make a meal of you.
[00:15.39] Your soul shall be their meat -
[00:17.14] A kingly feast for them to eat,
[00:18.09] Beware your future at hand,
[00:19.87] Alas for thou art dammed.
[00:26.28] [good angel:]
[00:32.08] "faustus seek repentance,
[00:33.80] Abjure this evil art,
[00:34.73] Cease this wretched wickedness
[00:36.57] And cleans thy foolish heart,
[00:37.46] For the evil that once served you
[00:39.27] Has made of you a slave,
[00:40.11] And transformed your bed of roses'
[00:41.94] To a premature grave."
[00:48.52] Then in a mighty flash of light
[00:50.37] Before thee mephistopheles appears.
[00:53.01] [faustus:]
[00:53.95] "i charge thee go and change thy shape,
[00:55.78] For you fill my soul with fear.
[00:59.33] Now swift-as-hell back to the fire
[01:00.29] Return an old franciscan friar."
[01:02.05] [mephistopheles:]
[01:02.96] "mortal command me while you can,
[01:03.81] For surely thou art dammed."
[01:09.99] [bad angel:]
[01:15.27] "faustus be thou resolute
[01:17.09] In what thou wilst perform,
[01:18.81] Ignore these righteous idiots -
[01:19.60] Their trinity to scorn,
[01:21.43] For years of depravation you receive eternal life,
[01:23.89] But fame and wealth and maidens-fair
[01:25.76] Are by far the better price."
[01:30.22] [faustus:]
[01:33.83] "temptations all around me,
[01:35.65] Is there nowhere i can turn?
[01:40.10] Hellfire is all about me,
[01:42.81] Now i know that i shall burn,
[01:47.34] I face excommunication for the error
[01:50.10] Of my ways - to burn in hell for all my days.
[02:04.54] Bell, book and candle, candle, book, bell,
[02:07.22] Forwards and backwards to damn me to hell.
[02:16.37] Jehova i beg thee have mercy on my soul.
[03:29.61] Be gone foul beast that stands before me,
[03:30.53] My god! the midnight hour chimes,
[03:34.12] Oh lord have mercy he comes for me,
[03:35.93] I haven't got much time.
[03:39.51] I am awake this is no dream,
[03:40.44] I cry - but terror takes my scream,
[03:42.28] And now my future is at hand,
[03:44.00] Also for i am dammed."
[03:49.48] [good angel:]
[03:55.38] "think for just one moment
[03:57.15] And i'm sure that you will see,
[03:58.94] The moral of this story -
[03:59.89] That what shall be must be.
[04:01.64] He who gives his soul to hell,
[04:02.51] Must dare to pay the price,
[04:04.39] He versed in divinity must
[04:06.15] Live a noble life -
[04:11.22] Or else he is damned!
[04:13.92]