Creature Feature

You brand this curse upon my name
I damn your venom to the flame
One final glance to ghosts of yore
Shall blind our eyes to meet no more
This monster you have made, in turn
Shall see your soul forever burn

Hold your screams, the lights are turning low
Gnashing fever dream of a haunted picture show
'Cause you're in for a fright
Guided by the lantern-light, so

Please hold your questions
We're raising the curtains
It's high time we started the show

In the dead of night, our hero's waiting
Beneath the mask it lies
The face he's saving
And to his surprise his surprise
A well of terror filled his eyes, oh

Wretched and broken
His lies as a token
His creature was ready to go

Oh, what a monster you have made of me
Amusing, I was seen as a pet
Just a meal to wet his teeth

And the scene's all in your head
It's red
Let's see that the monster is fed
We bled, the dread
Your terror is back from the dead

Look at him, standing proud and tall
Composing harmonies in the highest hallowed hall
But his creature of the night
Lies waiting for a bite

His monster is ravenous
Out of the shadows
It's ready to swallow him whole

And now he's face-to-face, with his creation
All the bone displaced, in his fixation
Try as he might, there was never an end in sight

Creator, look nearer
Your monster's a mirror
Revenge is delicious when cold

Oh what a prison you had made for me
Refusing to be forced to a cell
Crying out in unheard pleas

And its all just empty threats
Regrets
I'm tired of paying your debts
Forget this duet
I'm finally burning the set

Creator, look closer
Your monster's a mirror
You cast me aside
To see yourself clearer
Unmask your deceit
The lie's lost it's shimmer
These roles would have fit
If you had been sincerer

I'm not just some scene
You wish you'd shot better
I have my own dreams
I won't let them bitter

You left me in pieces
'Cause you're so damn clever
These wounds can be healed
You'll be broken forever

What does it mean?
Where did I come from?
Am I even seen?
Behind this old bass drum

The world spins around me
I can't even fathom
I'm nothing to you
Am I just a phantasm?

So you ask how the story ends
Are the sinner and the devil
On the path to make amends?
Though the curtain falls
The story's written on the walls, so

It's only Act One
You're still in for some fun
So let's just wait and see where this goes

Why did it have to end this way?
I refuse to be the monster
You made to fit your charade

Escape the past
Be buried, and embrace
The slow decay

How the show will go on
Is only for me to say