With the devil at the start Gaining access to your soul With the devil at the start How will you regain control With the devil at the start Leaving you a bleeding hole With the devil at the start In a sea of every sin Every pain and every fear And the wind is like a choir That is screaming in your ears Under skies of trembling skin Under stars shivering With the boneyard underneath And the whispers and the pleads With the devil at the start You laugh and you shake Such a long way from home And you stare at the wake And the dead's pleasure dome And the sad young faces and the same old pain When your secrets crawl from mad to sane Such a long, long way from home Yeah, such a long, long way to go But pain is plain and old With the devil at the start Gaining access to your soul With the devil at the start How will you regain control Every wish and every hope Will be pulling at the rope But this is what you know You will be left a bleeding hole With the devil at the start You laugh and you shake Such a long way from home And you stare at the wake And the dead's pleasure dome And the sad young faces and the same old pain When your secrets crawl from mad to sane Such a long, long way from home Yeah, such a long, long way to go But pain is plain and old