[OPEN — LOW CHOIR / STATIC HUM]
LUTE (echoing):
(Sanctus) Does no one know who they’re dealin’ with?
Think I’ll let it go? Forget and forgive? (Dominus)
VOX (flickering in):
It’s curious you stopped by
To fight me nail and tooth
When all I mean to try
Is to dispense a dose of truth
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[DROP — DRUMS ENTER]
LUTE:
The rage in me (Yeah?) is terminal (Yeah?)
There’s no remedy (Yeah?) but to burn ’em all (Ignis)
VOX:
We sinners do not need a king
We need someone who understands
A different kind of despot
Bringing respite from divine demands
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[LUCIFER CUTS IN — BRASS HIT]
LUCIFER:
You’re actin’ out
Like you want teacher’s attention
Well, I’m the principal of this eternal detention
Ha! Ding-ding
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[CALL & RESPONSE — CROWD BEGINS]
LUTE & ADAM:
The princess has to pay
For what she did that day
VOX (overlapping):
New order
Like what Lilith had envisioned when she threatened them
She knew Hell could be great
And we can make Hell great again!
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[CHORUS COLLISION]
LUTE & ADAM:
Storm’s comin’, I can see the clouds
No runnin’s gonna save you now
And hard rain is gonna fall down
Like gravity, like gravity
VOX & SINNERS (chanting underneath):
Vox Populi! The people’s voice!
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[VERSE — FIRE VS STATIC]
LUTE:
Eye for an eye says you owe me a debt
Blood demands blood, gonna get my hands wet
VOX:
Just imagine if we could
Flip the script!
Take the fight back way upstairs, and
Make ’em beg and say their prayers
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[LUCIFER — FULL POWER]
LUCIFER:
‘Cause I’m the serpent!
I’m the flame
The mortal world is scared to say my name
I’m nearly a god, who are you?
LUCIFER (SNARLS):
Just a dead man!
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[VOX TAKES THE CROWD]
VOX:
They say Hell’s too populated
That’s why they exterminate
We got the numbers
We got the thunder!
Let’s annex their real estate!
SINNERS:
Yeah!
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[SECOND CHORUS — BIGGER, DARKER]
LUTE & ADAM:
The flood’s comin’, now you can bet on tragedy
Like gravity
VOX & DANCERS:
Save their souls!
Not by changing for redemption
But by taking over Heaven!
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[BREAK — TENSION SPIKE]
VOX:
Tell me, Hell, are you satisfied!?
SINNERS:
No!
VOX:
Your wife knew it was wrong, Lu!
LUCIFER:
You mouthy little mortal!
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[FINAL BUILD — ALL VOICES]
LUTE:
You think you’re Hell’s great savior
Will you still when I return the favor?
VOX:
Who’s with me!?
SINNERS:
Let’s unite and fight for a
Brand new realm!
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[FINAL CHANT — MUSIC CUTS TO PERCUSSION]
ALL:
Hail Vox Populi!
The people’s voice!
LUTE & ADAM (overlapping, final hit):
Like gravity.
x1xGenz
