Chainsaw Charlie (Murders in the New Morgue) Lyrics
Its when Jonathan meets Charlie in the story of the Crimson Idol. Charlie is basically telling Jonathan to trade in his soul so that he could become a huge rockstar.
This song is about the cold hearted record executive who signs up young artists just to make as much money as he can from them and when the artists suffer from burnout, they're thrown away and a new young artist is to replace him as the money maker for the greedy executives.
One of the most epic songs off of The Crimson Idol. The song is an ensuing conversation between Jonathon, a young runaway looking to make a name for himself in the music world, and Chainsaw Charlie, a bastard of a record producer who aims to sell Jonathon for all he's worth. In the conversation, Charlie outlines his plans for Jonathon, along with how his system works. Jonathon goes on to ask "Will this be worth it? Will I hate myself for what I'll become? Or will it be everything I dreamed of?" Fucking epic song off an amazing concept album.
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I'm the president of showbiz, my name is Charlie I'm a cocksucking asshole, that's what they call me Here from my Hollywood tower I rule I'm lying motherfucker, the chainsaw's my tool
This whole album is great. It's Blackie talking in veiled terms about himself, although there's plenty of embellishment going on here. This song in particular will resonate with anyone who tried to make it in music Showbiz, since that entire industry is full of vacuous scum looking to make a buck off young musicians and then discarding them like trash as the new batch comes up.