Lyrics:
Gonna tell you a story,
On a cold winters night,
You'll be sailing for glory,
Before you know what is right
So come over here now,
I've got a vision for you,
It's my personal snake oil
It's just something I do,
I'm the jester with no tears,
And I'm playing on your fears,
I'm a trickster smiling underneath this mask of love and death,
The eternal lie I've told,
About the pyramids of gold,
I've got you hooked, at every turn your body's left to burn
Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha ha!
You'll be wanting a contract, ha
You'll be waiting awhile
I'd like to give you my contact,
But that isn't my style,
Well you only get one chance,
And it's too good to miss,
If I'd give it right to ya,
Then I wouldn't exist,
Greed, lust and envy, pride,
It's the same-old, same-old way,
The smoke and mirrors visions that you see are just like me,
I'm a [glamour something's?] face,
With just a little out of place,
I know someone just like you, knows someone just like me,
Chorus:
El Dorado come and play
El Dorado step this way,
Take a ticket for the ride,
El Dorado streets of gold,
See the shipmates, all their souls
You've got one last chance to try,
So gone is the glory,
And gone is the gold,
Well if you need a story,
How come it has to be told?
Well you can say I'm a devil,
And I wouldn't say no,
But out here on the dark side,
Hey, on with the show!
So now my tale is told,
Big and bad and twice as bold,
This ship of fools is sinking as the cracks begin to grow,
There is no easy way, for an honest man today
Which is something you should think of as my lifeboat sails away.
Chorus x 2
My first impression as to the lyrics is, oddly enough, Dubai. The lyrics remind me of people luring migrant workers from the Middle East and Asia to come to the new "El Dorado", where without a "contract", they get trapped in labour jobs that control their pay, work, residence, and keeps them trapped there funding the lifestyles of the people on top. Just my gut reaction.
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