The Essex Gene

Verse 1

Nineteenth century London fog

Nathaniel has a notebook and a plan

Top hat hides a very wicked mind

He steals the street folk to build his man

Pre-Chorus

Rebecca found the bodies in the bin

She called him pure evil and let the cold come in

Ancient pharaoh hears the sound

Lifted Essex from the frozen ground

Chorus

Hey Mr Sinister

Hey Mr Sinister

Red diamond shining on a chalk white face

Red diamond burning through the human race

Hey Mr Sinister

Hey Mr Sinister

Verse 2

Watching Scott inside a Nebraska hall

Nathaniel is the shadows on the wall

Madelyne grew from a drop of blood

Redhead ghost rising from the genetic mud

Pre-Chorus

Cable is the prize from the wedding bed

Fire in New York turns the concrete red

Blast me into splinters on the floor

I have twenty million bodies in a drawer

Chorus

Hey Mr Sinister

Hey Mr Sinister

Red diamond shining on a chalk white face

Red diamond burning through the human race

Hey Mr Sinister

Hey Mr Sinister

Bridge

Club and Spade and Diamond and the Heart

Watch the Quiet Council fall apart

Doctor Stasis hiding in a human tie

Orbis flies up high into the sky

Four minds fighting for a single crown

Mother Righteous burns the magic down

Breakdown

Shapeshift

Splicing

Seeking

Science

Telepathy

Biology

Agony

Chorus

Hey Mr Sinister

Hey Mr Sinister

Red diamond shining on a chalk white face

Red diamond burning through the human race

Hey Mr Sinister

Hey Mr Sinister