A Madman's Opera – by Sander Cohen

(Verse 1)

The canvas screams in shades of red,
A symphony of broken bones!
You philistine, you rotting hack—
Do you dare to call that art?!


I'll carve my name in living flesh,
A statue writhing, begging... "STOP!"
What’s creativity without agony?
You’re just a coward with a brush!


(Chorus)

"I AM THE ARTIST!

THE STAGE IS YOUR SKIN!

Dance for me, pig, in crimson light—

The spotlight burns, but I OWN THE NIGHT!"


(Verse 2)

Rapture drowned the weak like rats,
But I—I float on liquid gold!
The Apollo Square is my gallery,
And every corpse a fucking muse!


You pathetic little dauber,
You sketch while I REARRANGE SOULS!
A scalpel sings more sweetly
Than your whimpering "ethics"!


(Bridge – Whispered, then screamed)

"All great art requires... sacrifice."

(laughs hysterically)

DID YOU THINK I WAS JOKING?!

(gunshot, splicer screams)


(Final Chorus – Frenzied)

"THE CURTAIN CALL IS GUTS ON THE WALL!
The audience? Dead—BUT WHAT A SHOW!
Bow for me, darling, bow on your knees...
Or I’ll nail you to the fucking proscenium!"


(Outro – Sudden silence, then a distorted record scratch)

"Ahhh... perfection.