Evelyn Lyrics

The devil that built this great city

And longs for the flesh of the young

A beautiful chorus girl, stars in her eyes

The flame that will burn in his sun

In a room full of mirrors and a red velvet swing

He'll take from her all the he craves

To satiate his leviathan

As her innocence is enslaved

Kiss her soundless tears away

While inside she's dying

She's just his meat

Asleep in his suite

A claret flower on delicate sheets

And the mirrors reflect her shame

Champagne and silks and laudanum milk

As the memories swam in her eyes

The practiced voluptuary stalking his prey

She'd entered a virgin and left as his prize

Evelyn falls away

Charmed by the devil and his wicked ways

Evelyn falls away

Charmed by the devil and his wicked ways

She came on

From nothing

She shone like a star in the darkness

An angel

Of New York

Velvet smooth in monochrome

Sixteen summers that blessed the canvas

And haunted all the dreams of lesser men

Voices whispered of all the possibilities

That lay within their beds

Wherever you looked her smile was alive

On posters and papers and Broadway she shined

Slowly this love bore indelicate sin

A sweet captive meat a conquest divine

She found the strength to break free from his grasp

The wild rose was blooming once more

Alive on the stage she was coming of age

Then along came the demon called Thaw

Kiss her soundless tears away

While inside she's dying

Along came a spider

Dragged her into his web

Morphine and cocaine to burn away endless pain

He bore the mark of Cain

One fateful night

A rage inside his head

Her secrets pulled

With all his violence

She suffered for his sins

Broken and falling

Deeper into his fire

She closed her eyes and kissed the flame

Choking and falling

Deeper into his mire

She closed her eyes and took his name

One last misery waits

A cruel twist of fate

To bid her goodbye

One man's tragic end

As darkness descends

The devil must die

Evelyn falls away

Charmed by the devil and his wicked ways

Evelyn falls away

Charmed by the devil and his wicked ways