The Path to Ruin Lyrics

Why must Lady Luck deal me such a losing hand?

I played their shitty melodies – so they strike me from the band?

They said I'd tried to rule them with an iron fist

So they staged a coup and they cast me from their midst

I cursed them as the lutist shoved me out the door

Then my fist met his face, and his face met the floor

Soon the battlefield was strewn with my former friends

I shot them a parting sign and alone I forged ahead

They've paved their path to ruin

They'll be sorry that I'm gone

As sure as I won't remember this night

They'll come crawling back before dawn

The lone genius unleashed, I strutted through the busy street

Trilling on my flute, wondering what lay next for me

I spied a gothic tent down an alley free of cheer

Perhaps the fortuneteller would make my path clear

Beyond the silk veil, incense rose high

A warm solace from the darkening sky

A whisper drew me close, seductive and sedate

"For a mere three coins lad, I'll tell you of your fate"

With wizened hands betraying her years

She rolled the bones and told me through crocodile tears

"Tread lightly, young man, for doom stalks your trail

Three Bards will be the end of you, should your virtue fail"

"You'll pave your path to ruin

With your wicked ways

Seek not redress nor revenge in kind

Or you'll soon face the end of your days"

"Forget you, hag doomsayer, I'll cut fate off at the pass

I'll erase those traitors before they ever get the chance"

From there, my path was clear – I'd just need a ship

So I left and bribed the dockworkers guarding her slip

I'll pave their path to ruin

I know the tavern where they'll play

I'll flip my fate right on its head

And spell the end of their days