Infernal Encore v1

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Welcome down where the chandeliers are burning low

Take a seat take a breath take a bow

I own every balcony and every shadow

And the velvet here never wears out

Pre-Chorus

So loosen your collar

And hand me your soul

The band is already playing

Chorus

Step inside my cabaret

Where the sinners come to play

Step inside my cabaret

(Step inside, step inside)

Every waltz is a little bit wicked

Every smile is a little bit sold

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Welcome to the show

Verse 2

Watch the floor turn to gold beneath their feet

Every couple spinning faster than they planned

Saxophones are laughing in a minor key

And nobody here wants to understand

Pre-Chorus

The tempo is rising

The lights are all wrong

And the horns keep calling you closer

Chorus

Step inside my cabaret

Where the sinners come to play

Step inside my cabaret

(Step inside, step inside)

Every waltz is a little bit wicked

Every smile is a little bit sold

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Welcome to the show

Verse 3

Now the room goes black and the bass gets mean

Something in the wiring starts to grin

I conduct the dark with a flick of my wrist

And the whole underworld leans in

Pre-Chorus

So follow my fingers

So follow my eyes

The spectacle is only beginning

Chorus

Step inside my cabaret

Where the sinners come to play

Step inside my cabaret

(Step inside, step inside)

Every waltz is a little bit wicked

Every smile is a little bit sold

Drop

Down, down, down we go

Down, down, down we go

Instrumental

(The Devil's Showcase)

Bridge

Ladies and gentlemen

Every fiend in the house

Give the piano a hand

Give the clarinet a bow

Give the trombone a reason to howl

Verse 4

One more number before the curtain falls

One more chord before the lights go dim

I have been the host of a thousand evenings

And tonight I am saving the best for him

Chorus

Step inside my cabaret

Where the sinners come to play

Step inside my cabaret

(Step inside, step inside)

Every waltz is a little bit wicked

Every smile is a little bit sold

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Welcome to the show

Breakdown

(ha ha ha)

Ah...

Final Chorus

Step inside my cabaret

Where the sinners come to stay

Step inside my cabaret

(Step inside, step inside)

Every waltz was a little bit wicked

And the Devil was always the host