[Intro - Hope, sultry swing style] Step inside, my darling friends, Leave your heavy hearts outside the door. This is Abandon All Hope, Where the broken find a stage, and the faithful find no more. Welcome, welcome, welcome in… [Verse 1 - Doctor Duncan, swaggering big band metal] This club is my cathedral, my furnace in disguise. Hope pours the wine, Charity lights the fire, While the blind dance under neon skies. Step through the laughter, the smoke, the song— You’re already mine, you’ve belonged all along. [Chorus - Doctor Duncan, triumphant] Hope stands beside me! Charity feeds the flame! I am the master of the forge, The Nexus calls my name! Brass and fire, steel and sin, The Virtues kneel where I begin! [Verse 2 - Doctor Duncan, heavier riff] Hope guards the doorway, velvet smile, silver tongue. Charity bends the knees of strangers, Offering gifts, but taking all when she is done. Through the music, through the glow, The gate is open deep below. [Bridge - Faith, mournful ballad style] (Tempo drops, softer, tragic) Once I carried heaven’s song, But the fire dragged me down. My prayers are ashes, my words undone, I sing alone beneath the crown… I am Faith, broken and lost, My light consumed, I pay the cost. [Chorus - Doctor Duncan returns, crushing and proud] Hope stands beside me! Charity feeds the flame! I am the master of the forge, The Nexus calls my name! Brass and fire, steel and sin, The Virtues kneel where I begin! [Outro - Doctor Duncan + Horns + Guitars] Abandon all hope, this is the gate. The soul forge burns, and so is your fate. My empire rises, forged in song— The Virtues serve, the fire lives on!
