Sabbat: "A Cautionary Tale" 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