[verse|wavy|commanding tone] He was just a simple man [riff] A wife and kids, he had it all [riff] Content with all he had [riff] Till the day he lost it all~ Lost it all All—- [verse 2|rise in octave] Barbarians stormed the kingdom gates Cut his friends down where they stood His wife was stoned before the crowd His child— [whisper] He shan’t speak of that aloud! [pre-chorus] “Who art thou, who taketh my life from me?” [chorus] I feel it festering, shifting, boiling in my mind The furnace of revenge is living, breathing, warping what was mine My conscience—a weapon! My mercy denied! They must die! DIE! DIE~! [harmonized guitar solo| aggressive| muddy] [verse 3|snarled|temperamental] You’ve made a monster outta him He razed the guilty and innocent alike Commanded armies vast and wide Wielded swords of hate and rust Drinking the king’s blood, hanging the rich, And burning villages to dust [chorus] I feel it festering, shifting, boiling in my mind The furnace of revenge is living, breathing, warping what was mine My conscience—a weapon! My mercy denied! They must die! DIE! DIE~! [breakdown|spoken|cold] Grief fed the furnace Hatred worked the forge Every thought became a blade Every memory demanded more [snarl] Welcome... to the Devil’s Workshop [final chorus] Festering, shifting, boiling through my mind The Devil’s Workshop’s living, breathing—reason left behind My conscience—a weapon! My mercy denied! They must die! DIE! DIE~!
