Mephistopheles Return by Trans-Siberian Orchestra Lyrics

(Their time, it was now over
Like a shattered hourglass
He could not win
So with his sins
They returned from his past

From the shadows of his life
He told Fate his decision was made
He would not give up a single note
Every piece, it would be saved

He could not remove the music
That gave so many other people joy
But still, he dread his future
As the Lord of Evil’s toy
So late into his life
Like the last days of December
He searched his mind
For a way to find, a way out of his dilemma

For Satan, in our lives, is noted
All his vices often quoted
And though he serves a splendid feast
At the table’s head, still sits the beast)
(BEETHOVEN)
In every life
It has been said
There comes a time to join the dead
Admit there is no second chance
And join death in a final dance

Across the floor, eternity
Until the final moment’s bled
And in the dark, to take his hand
Accept that it is time to wed

I don't know what I'm thinking
Because all that I see
Is his face, grinning
Mephistopheles

I need to find an answer
For this one cannot be
Within the words of
Mephistophel...

Tell me what you think
Tell me what you know
Did you really think
That there would be an ever after?
Do you think I'm scared?
Tell me does it show
When inside this deafness
I can always hear his whispering?

There comes a time you decide
What from your life will be real
What scars you will keep alive
What you are willing to heal

But can I gamble this night
With everything that I am?
And can I erase my life
Or do I stay here and be damned

Tell me what you think
Tell me what you know
Did you really think
That there would be an ever after?

Do you think I'm scared?
Tell me does it show
When inside this deafness
I can always hear his laughter

I don't know what I'm thinking
Because all that I see
Is his face grinning
Mephistopheles
I need to find an answer
For this one cannot be
Within the words of Mephistopheles

I

Don't need this path before me
Don't need forgotten glory
Don't need these threats of violence
Don't need eternal silence

Don't need these midnight visions
Don't need to make decisions
Don't need to be uncertain
Don't need this final curtain

II

Somewhere out there
He still gazes
As I wander through his mazes

Death and life here
Truth or lies
Every thought is well disguised

III

Now
It is too late
This path to take
Don't want to lose my life this way

Medusa dreams
The dead still scream
Don't want to see my life betrayed

IV

All these things are now before me
Endless death or timeless glory
On this night of ghosts returning
To the light of bridges burning

Now it is too late
This path to take
Don't want to see my life be...(trayed)

Tell me what you think
Tell me what you know
Did you really think
That there would be an ever after?

Do you think I'm scared?
Tell me does it show?
When inside this deafness
I can always hear his laughter

I don't know what I'm thinking
Because all that I see
Is his face grinning
Mephistopheles

I need to find an answer
For this one cannot be
Within the words of Mephistopheles

The cost of patience
When there's no time before me
Of hesitation
All for this twisted glory

And my salvation
The cost of how it's gotten
The cost of what's gained
All forgotten
All forgotten