TAP03 (Dec 3, 1995)
Summary of Receipt
1313 gets a ‘song’, almost like an earworm, playing in her head. It seems to talk about seven unseen flaming eyes (though the purple one from 35’s vision isn’t actually mentioned as ‘unseen’, only the other six), linking them to the Keys of Hell. Also, interestingly, though the names of the Keys of Hell are listed, Vainglory - Lucifer’s Key - is not mentioned. Hubris, however, the ‘first Key’ and the sole thing that can open the Gates of Hell - is mentioned instead. Lastly, there’s some mention of colours linked to various animals - red birds, yellow toads, purple lions, grey (or blue?) slugs (and snails), green pigs, orange snakes, and pink goats, in reference to Hubris, Avarice/Mammon, Misanthropy/Satan, Dejection/Belphegor, Voracity/Beelzebub, Sorrow/Leviathan and Avidity/Asmodeus respectively. The colours likely refer to the identity of who holds each Key of Hell - with the animal presumably being the respective Prince's true form - but why Lucifer isn’t on there isn’t specified. However, it does confirm that the purple Key of Hell is Satan’s - likely why it isn’t one of the ‘unseen’.
Transcript
RECEIPT #003
FILED UNDER: DINER-TAP
DATE: 12/3/95
EMPLOYEE #1313
O-kay. I am completely over the whole researching thing. It’s giving me such a migraine. Well, I don’t know if it’s the research, the weather, or just like, this “thing” in my head. Like, I’ve been hearing… lyrics? I think? They’re super loud, and they keep playing over and over and OVER. I think I just need to get them out, to be honest. So why put them in a receipt? Well, give them a read, and you tell me. Maybe I just can’t get Red’s recent, uh, jamais vu, out of my mind.
Verse 1:
Seven eyes, all ablaze
In a fiery, chaotic haze
Red, orange, yellow, green
Blue and Pink, all unseen
Chorus:
Seven flaming eyes, burning bright
In the darkness of the darkest night
Seven flaming eyes, they see all
Out from the shadows, they’ll crawl
Verse 2:
Mysteries swirl within their gaze
Secrets hidden from mortal ways
In the depths of the abyss
Something sinful is amiss
Bridge:
Poppy as a Pavo
HUBRIS
Buff as a Bufonidae
AVARICE
Lavender as a Leo
MISANTHROPY
Glaucous as a Gastropod
DEJECTION
Sage as a Sus
VORACITY
Saffron as a Serpentes
SORROW
Cyclamen as a Capra
AVIDITY
Chorus:
Seven flaming eyes, burning bright
In the darkness of the darkest night
Seven flaming eyes, they see all
Out from the shadows, they’ll crawl
Outro:
Seven sleepless eyes,
In the darkness, they come alive
Red, orange, yellow, green
Blue and Pink, all unseen