The nightmare begins

The nightmare begins
[verse]
In the cellar there dwells a creature;
no eyes have ever seen.
When the curtain of darkness closes.
He creeps into your dreams.
[pre chorus]
Up the steps on catlike feet;
He greets the night's cast.
Lust, greed and depravity;
priests of a black mass. [Chorus]
The curtain rises, the curtain rises.
The nightmare begins;
The nightmare begins.
[verse]
He summons terror from its dungeon.
with its shackles and chains.
He releases your inner demons,
to revel in your pain.
[pre chorus]
He whispers his directions.
but the cast knows their roles.
They’ve listened in on your thoughts.
Been places you won’t go.
[chorus]
The curtain rises, the curtain rises;
The nightmare begins.
The nightmare begins.
[Bridge]
Your pulse begins to quicken.
You’re sickened by what you see.
Reviled,repulsed.
disgusted
by your part in the scene.
[verse]
He’s a sly one, he's a magician.
The illusions are real.
In the cellar of your subconscious
You can see what you feel.
[pre chorus]
He has watched you, he knows you.
What you’ve done, where you’ve been.
So every night in your dreams.
He replays your worst sins.
[chorus]
The curtain rises, the curtain rises;
The nightmare begins.
The nightmare begins.
[outro]
Over and over and over again.
The nightmare never ends.