[Verse 1: Jerome Chance]
Before there was light, the Darkness reigned
Shunned by the divine, causing bitterness and pain
Even before creating time
For age upon age with no expression for its rage
Festering disaffection and seething to perfection
It chose as host, those with holiest affection
Instead of playing lotto, it seeped into the genes
Of the line of Estacado, in contrast of staccato
Bounding generations in a method, legato
Endless, modus ostenado
Clambered like an insect on a rickety frame
Blemishing the hearts and bringing shame to their name
The spirits and the Darkness, they twist and they writhe
Grind into one another, like frustrated lovers
Free of reason, free of law
Free of mercy when it lusts to claim the wicked in its maw
Their life's the price of freedom, no matter what the sin is
Eternity within is absolution, for their penance

[Hook]
And then the demons come, the voice of Jenny calls
Hide from the light to see the supernatural
The privilege of demons in your fold
The power of death at beck and call
Embrace the truth and then you'll fall
Into the Darkness

[Verse 2: Jerome Chance]
When you're up against the Darkness, Murphy's Law applies
It's five fingers of death slaps you right between the eyes
Everybody fights, but they can never get away
Cause they embraced the Darkness once their lives have gone astray
Specially those at the top
Cowards
The fear makes it sweeter when their souls are devoured
The Darkness claims those that die by its hands
But they always scream for mercy cause they never understand
Yes
The wretched and the scorned
Split 'em like a wishbone, should've stretched a little more
Rip through their bodies and impale their entrails
Eat their hearts out as their lungs try to inhale
If you live by hate, you can't escape your fate
Mastering your demons only makes the dark relate
It wants to draw you in close
It's karmic retribution for the life you chose
And when it comes, there's no good riddance
The end is agony and bloodstream ribbons
No matter what you do, one thing remains true
You don't run the Darkness, the Darkness runs you

[Hook]

[Verse 3: Nerdsworth]
Beelzebub is what they call him, and
Great power is what he offered, said
The imps are yours, but your soul is mine
Just follow my path and I'll make you a don
Thought of love in this desperate life
Tainted cops killed the woman that should be my wife
And revenge is a bitch at the edge of the knife
Made a deal with the devil out of rage of strife
Run the streets like a son of voodoo
Who do? You do
Remind me of a dead dude
It's been two years since you saw this dude
Now boss of the family, the kingpin head dude
This power, you can't have it
Can't have my throne, just try and grab it
I dare you Mooly, I'm the legend Cerberus
Just one reach and face my Darkness

[Hook]