Ominous Ride - The Deal

from SpinTunes 20 Round 1 by Spintunes

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This opportunity is to have everything one desires...until you croak and the guy with the pitchfork comes and makes you wash dishes for eternity without gloves. Don't know why but it's the first thing that popped into my head when I read the challenge. Maybe because I recently watched "Faust" by Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer. At any rate, I think it's more interesting than singing about a job interview.

Not sure why, but I again got trapped in my tendency to start the song small and low and build up. Overall happy with it, considering I only had about three days... enjoy, sinners!

lyrics

Feel that longing inside you
Feel your dreams are behind you
Now you’d give anything just to fill that hole
Even your own soul

As you’re searching for answers
Psychological cancers
Every doubt casting signals down below
And now he knows

He can make any dream come true
See your every desire through
Who’s to say that it’s too good to be true?

You might have faith
But you ought to know
When opportunity knocks
You better bolt the door
Because he knows just what you want to hear
Slowly washing away the fear
And then he’ll make you a deal
That you can’t refuse
Cuz if you don’t have a soul
You got nothing to lose

A life of riches unreal
But only if you make the deal

Now you’re weighing your options
No longer shackled by caution
All it takes is a taste of heaven, oh!
The weakness grows…

You can do anything you please
Strife and suffering on their knees
Who’s to say that I don’t deserve this peace

You might have faith
But you ought to know
When opportunity knocks
You better lock the door
Because he has eternity up in his sleeve
And if you let him inside
You will believe
A handshake and a smile is enough
And a silver tongue that will make you trust that

He can make any dream come true
See your every desire through
What’s the difference if after you own the world
The devil owns you?

I keep telling myself to question the path
To unholy bliss
Is it a ring I should kiss

You might have faith
But you ought to know
When opportunity knocks
You better bolt the door
Because he knows just what you want to hear
Now he’s whispering in your ear
And then he’ll make you a deal
That you can’t refuse
Cuz if you don’t have a soul
You got nothing to lose

The opportunity sealed
But only if you make the deal

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from SpinTunes 20 Round 1, released March 21, 2023

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