To Beat the Devil

Lyrics

I'll tell you what you want to hear Then I'll do what I want to do I'll tell you what you want to hear Then I'll do what I want to do I'll play upon your darkest fear I'll be a savant for you I'll play upon your darkest fear I'll be a confidant for you Then I'll take what I want from you I'll tell you what I want from you To beat the devil, you must be a shadow You must go deep while he stays shallow To beat the devil, you must be wise There is nothing he can't trivialize You must be able to see through a guise And all the trouble he will devise To beat the devil, you must be innocent And vigilant not to become an instrument And to not be taken in by a pseudo event And to not be part of the dissonance I'll make you think you are the rule Then I'll do what I want to do I'll make you look like a total fool And I'll do what I want to do When you need kindness, I'll be cruel And when you have become my twist When I have you in my fist I'll make you think I don't exist And I'll take what I want from you I'll take what I want from you (Go…) He will freeze you in a time that's passed Entertain you till your eyes are glassed Then he'll morph you into a telecast But nothing that he does will last Nothing that he does will last Nothing that he does will last He'll make you believe that he's your hero He'll lie and lie and lie and lie As he resurrects the Emperor Nero You'll cry and cry and cry and cry And he'll lie and lie and lie and lie And lie and lie and lie and lie To beat the devil, you must be a shadow You must go deep as he stays shallow To beat the devil, you must be wise There is nothing he can't trivialize You must be able to see through a guise And all the trouble he will devise To beat the devil, you must be innocent And vigilant not to become an instrument And to not be taken in by a pseudo event And to not be part of the dissonance (Go…) Nothing that he does will last Nothing that he does will last Nothing that he does will last (Now…) (He'll lie and lie and lie and lie and lie and lie and lie and lie…)