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Flashing lights and rhythmic sounds They fill this night People are enjoying a festival But Descarte is here He has a plan in his mind Such an evil plan... [Descarte:] "I will grant you some pain To help you exceed yourself Pain will excite your brain cells You are numb, you are a slumberous trivial being but I show no contempt I will assert my authority to guide your steps to cosmic balance" The music stops people stand still, they are hypnotized Now it's time to make them weep He will assail their young ones And teach them a lesson As soon as Descarte whispered "now you are free to move" screams and moans flooded the skies, the tragedy was complete [Descarte:] "Lord look at my wondrous deeds, they breathe my gorgeousness A single knife is like a paint-brush for my art, my grotesque art SongtexteI am the onset of Hell in their lives" "I will grant you some pain To help you exceed yourself Pain will excite your brain cells You are numb, you are a slumberous trivial being but I show no contempt I will assert my authority to guide your steps to cosmic balance" The murdered children: 'O God why you flee in panic? Where is your grace? Innocent flesh dissolved into pieces, now we are forlorn Our demons will make our people wiser" The Empire of Mind ...and soon his fame spread, they all knew he was to blame the smell of blood was fresh, so Descarte left this place [Descarte:] "My plan has come undone and pain didn't cure their mind They are effigies of men, they never dreamt, they never wondered" "Without respite I'll go on , failure won't thwart my schemes Under compulsion their minds will conform with mine And I will build the Empire of Mind" This genius porter, this bold villager Would unfold his most devious plans And soon he'd claim the throne [Descarte:] "I have to charm the princess now, I'll mesmerise her, make her a puppet" ...and she was powerless to battle Descarte's charm The princess was struck by his aura and his mind Their marriage took place with befitting resplendence And one day oddly enough, the king died a sudden death And...Descarte became the King... [Descarte:] "Without respite I'll go on , failure won't thwart my schemes Under compulsion their minds will conform with mine And I will build the Empire of Mind" " I hold the power now, you will all obey me I'll burn down temples, churches, gods These things hold men down to earth Your spirit should transcend the barriers Of your animal past and your superstitions My academies will provide knowledge to everyone" Under compulsion men were instructed to study the arts Descarte's schools acquainted them with the secrets of every science And yet they were unhappy, they remained fools [Descarte:] "Despite of my efforts, they rebelled against me, they're doomed" [Chorus:] "Beauty is revealed, stars will soon bleed" [Descarte:] "I know, you all seek the same: short-term happiness You can't see beyond your blind eyes and so you'll stay cursed" " Once I had a dream, to bequeath my knowledge to these people but damn! They're but slaves to their fake lust and they'll never fathom me" Aus Songtexte Mania