Rough Silk - Mephisto lyrics

He was water when the river took a screaming mother's life in the night he was the reasonn why the ripper used his knife he was anger, hate and misery in a billion deadly wars he was the rising flag of violence when fanatism made the laws he did where the snake led Adam to damnation with a grin he was around when the young girl lost her innocence to a man not worth her sin all the years he was a gambler threw the cards and rolled the dice fed the ages of temptation with the grapes of sacrifice mephisto - just a painted voice mephisto - when you cut quit noise mephisto - with a helping hand mephisto - you're lost my friend with every soul he takes another piece of his cold heart breaks he was not allowed to cry when the earth screamed loud in pain when silence broke the music and millions died in vain he's the inner voice of darkness that makes your conscience die he was the smoke over battlefields and the deadly thirst of science mephisto...