[INTRO — DJ_DEVIL_DEATH — SPOKEN, LOW] Every nightmare has a beginning. Before the mansion became a graveyard... Before the wives... Before Adrienne... There was a magician. Zoltan Carnovasch. They called him Carno. He wanted knowledge. He wanted power. And most of all... He wanted to command death. [LOW LAUGH] But when you knock on Hell's door... You better be damn sure you know what answers. [VERSE 1] Carno stood beneath the candlelight, Forbidden books open wide, Ancient symbols covered every wall, He thought he had conquered it all. He chased every secret the living couldn't know, Following darkness just to see how far it'd go. He didn't fear the shadows. He welcomed every one. Never asking what would happen when the ritual was done. He called into the darkness. Spoke the ancient words. Reached beyond the living into worlds never meant to be heard. And something answered back. Something heard his call. Carno thought he'd summoned power... He'd actually opened Hell's door. [PRE-CHORUS] He thought the demon served him. Thought the demon obeyed. But evil doesn't become your servant just because you know its name. [CHORUS] HE'S THE MAGICIAN! THE MASTER OF THE FLAME! HE CALLED UPON THE DARKNESS AND THE DARKNESS CAME! HE THOUGHT HE HELD THE POWER! THOUGHT HE CONTROLLED THE NIGHT! BUT THE THING HE BROUGHT INTO THIS WORLD WOULD NEVER LET HIM GO! CARNO! THE MAGICIAN! HE OPENED THE DOOR... AND THE DEVIL WALKED IN! [VERSE 2] The mansion changed around him. The air became alive. Candles burned differently. The shadows learned to hide. And every woman near him became a piece of his game, While something from the darkness slowly twisted Carno's brain. Hortencia saw the madness. Victoria saw the pain. Leonora spoke the warnings. Regina watched it change. Marie would be the final one to stand against the storm. But by then the thing inside him had become something more. The magician wasn't ruling. The magician was possessed. And every time he fed the darkness... The darkness wanted more. [DJ_DEVIL_DEATH — SPOKEN] That's the funny thing about power. You think you're holding the leash... Until you realize... you're the one being dragged. Hahahaha! [VERSE 3] Carno's obsession swallowed everything. His family and his name. The man who wanted knowledge became a prisoner of the flame. He couldn't see the monster because he thought it was his own. Couldn't understand the evil until it claimed his throne. Then Marie and Gaston made their desperate plan. They knew they had to stop him. They knew the danger of the man. The Throne of Terror waited... One final chance to end the curse. But Carno fought against them... And made the ending worse. The magician survived the trap. But Gaston struck back. Carno finally fell... And the mansion went silent. [BREAKDOWN — DJ_DEVIL_DEATH — SPOKEN] But listen carefully... This is where most stories end. The magician dies. The house goes quiet. Everybody thinks... it's over. [PAUSE] It wasn't. [HEAVY RIFF] Carno was dead. But the demon wasn't. [CHORUS] HE'S THE MAGICIAN! THE MASTER WHO LOST CONTROL! HE OPENED UP THE DARKNESS AND IT CAME FOR HIS SOUL! HE THOUGHT HE COULD COMMAND IT! THOUGHT HE COULD MAKE IT BOW! BUT THE POWER HE WANTED... WOULDN'T LET HIM GO! CARNO! THE MAGICIAN! HE OPENED THE DOOR... AND THE DOOR STAYED OPEN! [BRIDGE — QUIET] Years passed... The mansion waited. The demon was sealed away. The world forgot Carno's name. But evil has patience. It can sleep for decades... and still wake up hungry. [VERSE 4] Then Adrienne came walking through the mansion doors. Searching for inspiration, never knowing what came before. She found the hidden secrets. She uncovered Carno's past. She found the locked-up darkness the old magician couldn't last. And when she broke the seal... The nightmare breathed again. The story started over... Just with different names. [FINAL CHORUS — HUGE] HE WAS THE MAGICIAN! THE MAN WHO PLAYED WITH HELL! HE THOUGHT HE KNEW THE DARKNESS... BUT THE DARKNESS KNEW HIM WELL! HE BUILT HIS HOUSE ON SECRETS! HE FED THE FIRE WITH PAIN! AND WHEN HE FINALLY DIED... THE EVIL STILL REMAINED! CARNO! THE MAGICIAN! REMEMBER HIS NAME! BECAUSE THE HOUSE REMEMBERS... AND THE DEMON DOES THE SAME! [OUTRO — DJ_DEVIL_DEATH — WHISPER] He wanted to become master of the darkness. Instead... he became part of its story. And somewhere inside that old mansion... his mistake was still waiting. For the next person... to open the door. [LOW LAUGH] And that person... was Adrienne.
