Mephisto Songtext
von Moonspell

Well, I think too much
In Moonspell, we believe
And we are a living proof of that
And you are a living proof of that
That ignorance is the best shared thing
Among all elements of the human race

We strongly believe that the only
Radical, last rational solution
Obey the temptation of someone
Who has many names and many faces
Mephisto!

As men, some hung head down
From a long-dead tree
Some discuss, all at once
For no one to hear

Variations on emptiness
Great themes on vainglory
Variations on emptiness
Great themes on vainglory


And as some go feral in strange performances
Dressing customs that are metaphors of your disease
Hungry eyes are looking for me

Mephisto
Mephisto
Mephisto

I feed you with
Meaningless games, tricks, and philosophies
Whose answers you would die for
In your hunger to believe

It does amuse me
And makes me wonder for how long that it was mine
Because now it does really inflame me
As if ignorance was my secret desire

Mephisto

I am an angel who dresses in red
Riding above you, etching the fire rings
I′ve learned to fly, don't you remember?
While you still have not come down
From your long-dead tree


I can teach you wonders
If you give me your soul
Marvels and wild dreams
They can be yours
I can teach you how iron turns to gold
And how life can grow so old

Mephisto
Mephisto
Mephisto

And I hope you will not understand
Mephisto