A powerful song by Singapore's singer/songwriter Kelvin Tan, from his album Hosea's Tears.
You can find Kelvin's original here.
https://kelvintan1.bandcamp.com/track/meditations-for-the-devil
I layered some bass loops and a drum loop on a phone app called Walk Band, then sang the words over. Jon played 2 ukulele tracks over, and added some shaker.
I've been talking to the Devil,
He knows me by my first name.
Well I asked him : Devil, Devil, why do you drive the world insane?
He said: I'm full of bitter anger for what God had done to me, you see. He said: Evil is not misplaced good. It's a reality that sets me free. And I said: Devil, can't you see the good there is in doing peaceful things instead of slaughtering all the innocent in a world that had clipped its wings? He said: The world doesn't deserve better 'cause it leads itself to evil anyway. I said: You seem to miss the point my friend. You're blind to your endless, tortured days. Well, you drive people to suicide, then you get them to kill lives. You set us against each other. You love to hear our violent cries. You deceive us to believe in superficial things and lead us to deceive us to believe in our vanity, pride and conceit. Oh Devil, Devil, Devil, you monster of disgrace. But I feel real sorry for you, Mister, everytime I see your God-forsaken face.
Well I've been talking to the Devil about his awful, evil ways. He admits he does it with pleasure. He doesn't do whatever God says. I told him I love spiritual warfare 'cause I don't want to be a mediocre man. I'm gonna fight you, sucker, I said to him. There's still a lot of the world to save.
Oh Devil, Devil, Devil
You monster of disgrace
( oh yes you are)
But I feel real sorry for you, Mister,
Everytime I see your God-forsaken face.
I'm gonna get you now, in the dark
I'm gonna watch you die
No matter how much it takes out of me.
AND THE LORD SAID: Amen.
Amen.