[Intro] Welcome to Hell, what were you expecting? It’s a hazardous place, thanks for descending Step through the fire, report your arrival Sign for your sins and your eternal survival Head to your district, obey your director Smile for the cameras of Hell’s chief projector Prosperity waits in the towers of Pride Where the Overlords broker your hide [Verse] Did you think it would look like the posters they printed? It mostly does… if the truth isn’t hinted Just one short fall from the life that you knew Blink when you land and the skyline’s in view You’ve been screaming through brimstone an awfully long time So maybe you forgot every clause that you signed Oh honestly, did you not read the infernal policy That lists you as damned entity property? [Pre-Chorus] That voids any claim to autonomy? The hierarchy’s locked by monopoly We put the “deal” back into demon economy If you object, you can purchase an apology We’re one big family forged in hypocrisy No “I” in team—but plenty in atrocity Were you hoping for freedom? Adventure? Some fun? My friend, you’re a sinner—your sentence has begun [Chorus] We work to earn the right to scheme To earn the right to crawl To earn the right to sign away The rights we thought we had at all We work to earn the right to buy The lies we’re told to sell To earn the right to live again And die once more in Hell [Verse] So wander back down to the slums of the city Where rent is outrageous and mercy’s a pity Your worth is determined by chaos you breed The favors you owe and the souls that you feed A lifetime of hustle beneath crimson skies And angels drop yearly with holy surprise [Chorus] We work to earn the right to scheme To earn the right to crawl To earn the right to sign away The rights we thought we had at all We work to earn the right to buy The lies we’re told to sell To earn the right to live again And die once more in Hell [Verse] Welcome to Pentagram City—why not settle down? Fill out the paperwork, shuffle around Everyone’s smiling in the contract line Trading their souls on the dotted line We live to obey every Overlord’s whim And never ask questions about who’s above them Until we’re discarded out back in the yard Another poor sinner who gambled too hard We thought we’d find glory beneath infernal stars But the bosses prefer that we don’t wander far So we earn what we’re given then drink it away At the bar where the demons all gamble their pay Grab a Hellfire Ale—your favorite flavor Work till you bleed for the pride of your labor Then buy back relief from the shop down the street Where despair’s been conveniently packaged and sweet [Bridge] If you’d rather drop dead, that’s fine—no objection But dying again has a resurrection fee section So you do your job and I’ll tally the line I’ve got to maintain a demonic bottom line We make our fortunes by selling despair Because it’s the one thing there’s plenty to spare The secrets of Heaven, the stars left to roam But your dreams burned away when you stumbled in home And be grateful you’ve got a seat at the table Though the bench is uneven and barely stable You may waste your days, but at least you were able To pay off your coffin—we leased you the cradle Be faithful and pray to whichever you trust Your soul’s just another investment for us You’re all on account and the interest accrues Every scream, every bargain, every soul that we use You’d think we’d revolt at the brink of rebellion With Overlords thriving on weapons they’re selling But the trick to control in the pits of damnation Is selling salvation through clever narration The secret to Heaven—at least as they tell— Is buying whatever they’re selling in Hell [Final Chorus] We work to earn the right to scheme To earn the right to crawl To earn the right to sign away The rights we thought we had at all We work to earn the right to buy The lies that make us dwell To earn the right to live again And die once more in Hell [Outro] You should’ve read the contract, friend Should’ve read it well You should’ve read the contract, friend Welcome down to Hell Sign here, and here— Initial there as well Welcome to the family.
