Gospel of Dismay

You joined the underground cabaret today Oh hey there, tell me your name You try to run and tell the world But you're stranded in a darkened cave Oh Henry we hate you the same So listen up my friend There's more that meets the eye You power up the studio And bring them to life Now play the beat that trickles Through the halls Or else your life is nevermore Don't worry chum It's not the music that dies Now listen up Our life support machine Was brought to life by remarkable hands Forget about the hell we've seen The time has come to revive our band So bang the drums to a rhythm Captivating the beat And press the keys on the piano For the ritual please The song's alive with the night With your help we'll revive The devil's advocate Is staring right through your lies You're just returning our old strings tonight I hope you turn up the light now Can I get an amen in here? (AMEN) You see the magic of art It would tear you apart if you knew Can I get an amen in here? (AMEN) This magic is fueled by your heart But the dreams in his eyes were untrue He had bigger plans for the band By demand We came back to his darkened cell You're going to break us out of this hell We've been stars since the rhythm days But our instruments have all grown tired And in the end our only dream was to dance They took the dance away we got retired But that was long ago We have a new chance of face We've turned it up a couple notches with a brand new pace You think that they all just erased us Betrayed us, enslaved us But the deed is done And now we want to get out Now listen up Ain't it nice to be underground With a good ol' friend like me So you notice that sign, we ain't lying But sit down and take a seat There's an exit for sure But that's for shmucks But a little bit of ink And a couple of bucks We can reopen the curtains And show off the strut But for goodness sake You gotta just believe You're just returning our old strings tonight I hope you turn up the light now Can I get an amen in here? (AMEN) You see the magic of art It would tear you apart if you knew Can I get an amen in here? (AMEN) This magic is fueled by your heart But the dreams in his eyes were untrue He had bigger plans for the band By demand We came back to his darkened cell You're going to break us out Go to sleep my little sheep It's time to rest your head Whether alive or dead I am the keeper of the key That will set us all free I bring the demon back to life There's a song I sing that shows us the light Even in the lighter side of hell We sing with delight Play the notes that I require This will please my desire You have given me the tools to restart this fire There's a twisted fate That controls us, and betrays us My friends have a death wish And all of this is him to blame Now we've brought him to his knees Your only hope to escape this Is to embrace this We need your help to keep this demon at bay Let's end this today You're the conductor of this performance now Henry Will you take their word, or ours Golly I hope this works You turned on this machine Now you have to believe Can I get an amen in here? You see the magic of art It would tear you apart if you knew Can I get an amen in here? This magic is fueled by your heart But the dreams in his eyes were untrue He had bigger plans for the band By demand We came back to this world of grey WELCOME TO THE GOSPEL OF DISMAY! Welcome to the gospel of dismay"