"selaT fo a draziW" / "Tales of a Wizard" backmasked
Welcome to this audio production study of the Phantom's Divine Comedy album.
As you know, there is cryptic, eight stanza, backwards poem between the nine cuts of Phantom's Divine Comedy: Part 1. But what about a backmasked Phantom song, you've asked? Everyone has reversed and backmasked the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. So why not the Phantom?
Remember, backmasking is always open to one's personal interpetation. Anyway, this is what I heard upon repeated listens. The "title," if it's "mirrored" is "draziW a fo selaT." If it's "backwards," its "selaT fo a draziW." Take your pick, but the backward title is more accurate, which is why "selaT" sounds like "Satan," and "d-raz-iW" sounds like "walks here" or "was here," at least to my ears. . . .
Enjoy! Make up you own lyrics!
Satan walks here
Oh, Satan walks here
Satan walks here
Satan walks here
Satan walks here
Satan walks here
He has the power
And he won’t fear
We will worship him
Oh, you’ll love him
In the end you are lost
Everyone a slave
You are so lost
All are so lost
He condemned us
And there is nothing
You’re full of sin
Life of no escape
(solo)
You are a slave
(solo)
Ohhh.
Blood and breathe
Lust in him
Oh, lust in him
Lust in him
Lost in me
Lost in me
Lost in me
Lost in him
With everyone that’s left
You are lost
You will see him under
You will go
You will let him
You will stay
He said you’re lost
You will rest with Satan
Everyone is a slave. . . .
* Credits *
Phantom photo from Phantom's Divine Comedy: Part 1, 1973 by Tom Weschler. Photo manipulation for video by R.D Francis.