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Idle Hands (The Vestibule of Hell)

from The Devil's Workshop by Modus Opera & Eye

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We enter the workshop with our first view of the anatomy of the Devil. The circus of existence; a Barnum and Bailey world painted on cardboard, a world designed for the voyeur, encouraging the status quo. Sit back, have a drink, be entertained. The safe path is to stay on the sidelines. To not make a stand.
This brings us to the Vestibule of Hell: As Virgil guided Dante to the gates of hell in the Inferno, he saw people suffering, moaning and howling just outside the gates. These were the souls of those who did not pick a side. Neither rebels, nor wicked in life, but the ones who stood by and watched without the courage to fight for good or evil. These people are turned away at the gates of heaven, and hell has no place for them. They are instead forced to sit on the doorstep, along with the coward angels who would not join the fight between Lucifer and God in heaven. Here they wait forever in a state of limbo. An eternity without meaning, the same way they lived.

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I hear their voices, as I go down
those who lived without disgrace
those who lived without praise
Now they cry on the doorstep
shake and howl

Down in the mud
with the Coward Angels
arm in arm
with those who are not rebels
nor faithful to god.

Saint Peter in Heaven,
has cast them down
but the hounds of hell
don’t want them around
Here they cry on the doorstep
forever bound.

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from The Devil's Workshop, released December 18, 2020
Modus Opera: Organ, Piano, Bass, Glockenspiel, Megaphone, Vocals

Sissy Vitreous: Vocals

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