The title of the song references Mikhail Bulgakov’s posthumous masterpiece, “Мастер и Маргарита”, or “The Master and Margarita”, published in 1967.
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
So now that your faith's gone, who you goin' to trust?
Now that your conscience is crawling in the dust
I've been meaning to tell you, sister
I've been meaning to tell you all
[Verse 2]
I'm carved from the chaos, sustained by its reprise
And I've introduced myself for centuries
And I've been meaning to tell you, sister
About the master and margarita
You fuel the addiction, you suckle its disease
[Bridge]
And it drags you down
It drags you down
It drags you down
It drags you down
Please don't turn around
[Verse 3]
You're broken and battered, you've tried with all amain
You're weaned by distraction, your story stays the same
I've been meaning to tell you, sister
About the master and margarita
But walking through raindrops, it fuels its own disdain
[Chorus 1]
And it drags you down
(And all you needed was an open invitation)
It drags you down
(You said yourself, you said you craved the complications)
It drags you down
(You know the one who made you make the dedication)
It drags you down
(You'd sell yourself, you'd sell your soul)
Please don't turn around
[Instrumental break]
[Chorus 2]
And you drag me down
(And all you needed was an open invitation)
You drag me down
(You said yourself, you said you craved the complications)
You drag me down
(You know the one who made you make the dedication)
You drag me down
(You'd sell yourself, you'd sell your soul)
You drag me down
(And all you needed was an open invitation)
You drag me down
(You said yourself, you said you craved the complications)
You drag me down
(You know the one who made you make the dedication)
You drag me down
(You'd sell yourself, you'd sell your soul)
[Outro]
Please don't turn around
Please don't turn around
Please don't turn around
Please don't turn around
Please don't turn around
Please don't turn around
Please don't turn around
The Master & Margarita was written by The Tea Party.
The Master & Margarita was produced by Jeff Martin.
The Tea Party released The Master & Margarita on Tue Oct 16 2001.