"What do you mean Mephistopheles?" Jimmy asked skeptically. He found himself almost shrinking back into the shadows with the ghosts behind him. The black angel picks up the Life Extender 2700 again and glances around the lab, taking in each one of Jimmy's inventions. In the shadows the ghosts stiffen, realizing what Mephistopheles' bargain is.
"If you give me all your inventions and allow me to wipe your achievements from Retroville's memory, I will spare your soul."
Jimmy's stomach dropped, the idea filling his old body with dread. He frantically searches the angel of darkness' face, looking for a way out of this horrid nightmare.
"Confused Neutron? I will give you one hour. Hear me? One hour or your soul is mine for eternity!" Mephistopheles confirms impatiently, returning to his place in Hell.
"Eternity," Jimmy scoffs angrily.
AND
HERE IN THE NIGHT
AS I FEEL THE INFERNO
I STARE IN THE
DARK
THINKING WHAT IS ETERNAL
THE
MAN OR THE MOMENT
THE ACT OR THE REASON
THESE THOUGHTS FILL MY
HEAD
AS I CONTEMPLATE TREASON
OF
DREAMS I HAVE HAD
AND DREAMS I HAVE PONDERED
WHEN LATE IN THE
NIGHT
MY MIND IT WOULD WANDER
TO
THINGS I HAVE DONE
AND THEN QUICKLY REGRETTED
WHILE DENYING
VICES
MY LIFE HAD SELECTED
AND
I THINK WHAT I'VE DONE
OR HAVE YET TO BEGIN
AND THE MAN I'VE
BECOME
AND THE MAN THAT I'VE BEEN
NOW
CAUGHT IN A WALTZ
WITH THE ETERNAL DANCER
I'M COURTED BY
DEATH
BUT DEATH ISN'T THE ANSWER
I SAY
ALL
I WAS
MEANT TO BE
COULD I
SUDDENLY
JUST DECIDE
NOT A
THOUGHT
WOULD SURVIVE
COULD IT BE
MY LIFE'S WORTH
ENDED
THERE
WITH MY BIRTH
IF
I COULD SEE SOMEONE
WHO'S BEEN THERE BEFORE ME
AND TRADED HIS
SOUL
FOR A MOMENT OF GLORY
HIS
PENANCE OR MERCY
BY SPIRITS DEBATED
WHILE JUDGED ON A
SCALE
THAT'S BEEN HEAVILY WEIGHTED
AND
WHAT HAVE I DONE
COULD THERE BE SUCH A SIN
IN THIS MAN I'VE
BECOME
IN THIS MAN THAT I'VE BEEN
NOW
CALLING TO GOD
FROM THE PIT'S VERY BOTTOM
I PRAY HE
FORGIVES
EVERY SIN I'VE FORGOTTEN
THIS DAY
AND
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
THAT MY FATE IT WOULD CONJURE
THIS TWIST
IN THE ROAD
ON WHICH I HAVE WANDERED
EACH
VISION AND DREAM NOW
COMPLETELY DISMEMBERED
TO GIVE ONE'S WHOLE
LIFE
AND FIND NOTHING'S
REMEMBERED
AND
WHAT GOOD IS A LIFE
THAT LEAVES NOTHING BEHIND
NOT A THOUGHT OR
A DREAM
THAT MIGHT ECHO IN TIME
THE
YEARS AND THE HOURS
THE SECONDS AND MINUTES
AND EVERYTHING
THAT
MY LIFE HAS PLACED IN IT
BETRAYED
BETRAYED
BETRAYED
THE
THINGS I HAVE DONE
THE PLACES I'VE BEEN
THE COST OF MY
DREAMS
THE WEIGHT OF MY SINS
AND
EVERYTHING THAT
I'VE GATHERED IN LIFE
COULD IT BE LOST
COULD
IT BE LOST IN THIS
COULD IT BE LOST IN THIS
NIGHT