Am
I was granted an audience in the devils maze,
C
I sat by his throne and we talked for days,
F
He told me about his ancient battles with arch-angels,
C
He told me loneliness was the torture most painful,
A
He said if I filled my lifetime with sin,
Em
I could earn myself a seat that was right by him,
G
And if I didn't, that was fine by him,
D
Cos everyday a million souls just fly right in,
Am
He could barely keep up with the souls of all the people,
C
It's not easy being sole controller of all evil,
F
He said "Too many people want to burn with me,
C
I swear free wills a bitch and so's eternity,
A
So what you learn from me might save you from suffering,
Em
You don't want to see the bowels of the earth rupturing,
G
Take a breath, suck it in, I got more to tell,
D
And time's of no consequence when you're in hell."
A
I had a lot a questions;
Em
I asked the devil to explain
C
Why I always think that people have it in for me?
F
And why I always feel like the sky's closing in on me?
G
This is what he said,
C
"The sky's not falling it's just angels committing suicide,
F
Cos they're so saddened by humans using genocide,
C
As a political tool, considering all you humans have,
F
The way you act belittles you all,
C
Now hell is so full that we started expanding,
A
Damnation is a business and the markets demanding."
Em
I asked him if the city streets buckled and cracked,
G
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And hell rose to earth then would heaven collapse?
D
He smiled; I knew that smile was his response,
Am
I thought to myself, he's almost got what he wants,
C
He said "I'll tell you my one desire,
F
That's for earth itself to become my empire,
C
Every politicians like a gun for hire.
A
Even the church of nativity's come under fire,
Em
So you can tell I'm getting close to my goal,
G
Of creating a world where I can torture every soul."
D
Sitting with the devil, this is what I learned,
A
Apart from the ways a human soul can be burned,
Em
It's that though we learn from our mistakes we're condemned,
G
To make those same mistakes again and again,
D
Sitting with the devil, this is what I learned,
A
Apart from the ways a human soul can be burned,
Em
It's that though we learn from our mistakes we're condemned,
G
To make those same mistakes
D
again and again,
again and again,
A
again and again,
again and again.
Em
And Time keeps, time keeps slipping away,
A
Like I keep, I keep slipping away,
Em
My time keeps, time keeps slipping away,
A
Like I keep, I keep slipping away,
G
My time keeps, time keeps slipping away,
D
Like I keep, I keep slipping away,
Em
My time keeps, time keeps slipping away,
A
Like I keep, Like I keep -
G D
I keep slipping away, I keep slipping away...
