[INTRO — DJ_DEVIL_DEATH — SPOKEN] Come closer... Don't worry about the dark. Hahahaha... The dark ain't what you need to fear. You see... There used to be a man who lived here. A magician. A man who thought he could control things that were never meant to be controlled. He built his home. Performed his rituals. Then he opened a door. Funny thing about doors... Sometimes they open both ways. Hahahahaha! So sit back... Let Devil Death tell you a story. Welcome... to the house. [VERSE 1] Out in the distance where the dead trees bend, A lonely mansion waits where nightmares begin. Adrienne and Don pull up to the gate, Two hearts looking for a brand-new place. She writes about darkness, He captures the light, Never knowing both would disappear in the night. Old walls whisper secrets underneath every floor, And something in that house remembers what came before. A magician lived there. Carno was his name. Black magic burning underneath candle flame. He thought he held power. Thought he controlled the game. Hahahaha... That's always how these stories start. He called something ancient from the other side, Then vanished into madness and left his secrets behind. [PRE-CHORUS] Lock the windows... Kill the lights... Listen to the footsteps moving through the night. You think you're alone? Hahahaha... You're not. [CHORUS] WELCOME TO THE HOUSE! WHERE THE DEAD STILL KNOW YOUR NAME! WELCOME TO THE HOUSE! WHERE THE DARKNESS NEVER CHANGED! Every room's got a secret, Every hallway hides a scar. You came looking for a home... BUT THE HOUSE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE! WELCOME TO THE HOUSE! [VERSE 2] Adrienne walks slowly through the halls of the past. Portraits watch her as the shadows move fast. Strange dreams creeping underneath her skin. Something buried deep is trying to get in. Don says it's nothing. Says she's losing her mind. Yeah... I've heard that one before a thousand fucking times. Behind a hidden door lies a chapel sealed tight. A box in the darkness. A lock holding tight. Something on the other side has been waiting all night. She doesn't know the history. Doesn't know the cost. Doesn't know every secret was never truly lost. And me? I'm watching. Hahahahaha... [BREAKDOWN — SPOKEN] You hear that? ... No? Good. Because once you hear it... It hears you too. [HEAVY RIFF] Carno thought he could bargain. Carno thought he could win. Carno opened the door... And let the Devil in. Hahahahaha! Big mistake. [CHORUS] WELCOME TO THE HOUSE! WHERE THE DEAD STILL KNOW YOUR NAME! WELCOME TO THE HOUSE! WHERE THE DARKNESS NEVER CHANGED! Every room's got a secret, Every hallway hides a scar. You came looking for a home... BUT THE HOUSE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE! [VERSE 3] Five women once lived beneath the magician's hand. Five stories swallowed by the walls of this land. Their memories linger like smoke in the air. Their voices still echo though nobody's there. Somewhere in the mansion the old evil sleeps, buried underneath the promises it keeps. Until one curious woman finds what shouldn't be found... And the thing that was buried starts clawing back out. Don stands beside her, still smiling like before. But there are things inside a man that don't belong anymore. When that ancient darkness finally finds its way in, the husband she once loved will never be the same again. Hahahaha... Now the story gets interesting. [BRIDGE — QUIET] That's the trick about evil... It doesn't always walk through the front door. Sometimes... You invite it inside. Sometimes... You love the thing it chooses to wear. That's the fucked-up part. You can sleep beside something you should've been running from. And never even know it. [DEVIL DEATH LAUGH] Hahahahahaha! And Adrienne? She hasn't reached the worst part yet. [FINAL CHORUS] WELCOME TO THE HOUSE! STEP INSIDE AND CLOSE THE DOOR! WELCOME TO THE HOUSE! YOU WON'T BE WHO YOU WERE BEFORE! There's a demon in the darkness, There's a history in the walls. And when that mansion finally calls your name... YOU'D BETTER NOT ANSWER WHEN IT CALLS! WELCOME TO THE HOUSE! [OUTRO — SPOKEN] So... You ready? Good. Because this isn't some little ghost story. It's a warning. And by the time Adrienne understands what this house really is... It'll already be too late. Hahahahaha... Welcome... To Phantasmagoria.
