I dropped off in the shadows   The lead of a tragedy   I open my eyes - blind by the spotlight   And what do I see?      Pushed by ambition   You've been granted admission   To the hall of acclaim   She denied you affection   Now listen the whole world   Is screaming your name      I will forget her, but I won't forgive   The curtain has fallen   Behold the messiah      Riding high   The devil on the crest   For all the world to see - forevermore   I am I - the devil in the belfry   I'll be glorified - forevermore      Is it a sin to learn to be able   To live without love?   And is it a sin to put love under will   And control from above?      Devil in my fingers - pleasure at my feet   Mind out of sight   The shadow I'll cast shall darken her world   And ghost her at night      With each song you'll die a little for me   It won't leave a scar   Cause I've drawn the curtain      Riding high   The devil on the crest   For all the world to see - forevermore   I am I - the devil in the belfry   I'll be glorified - forevermore      Into the opera like moths to a flame   Spellbind their senses to follow the hero      Riding high   The devil on the crest   For all the world to see - forevermore   I am I - the devil in the belfry   I'll be glorified - forevermore      Riding high   The devil on the crest   For all the world to see - forevermore   I am I - the devil in the belfry   I'll be glorified - forevermore