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Mastermind is a song featured in the Helluva Boss episode of the same name, sung by Stolas, Blitzo, and Satan, as Stolas lies that he was the one in command of Blitzo's use of his grimoire.

Lyrics[]

Stolas: I came down just as soon as I heard of the imp
Stood accused of a devilish crime
Could it be that a worm such as this half a brain
Could concoct such a plot so sublime?
Does this fool deserve the flame?
Or is someone else to blame?
Like who, you ask?

Some kind of mastermind
A mind behind the plan!
Some villain's grand design
To use the book
To breach the world of man!
Could he be roaming free?
Scheming more mastermindery?
Will he rest?
Who knows what he may unleash

Next, do you execute this little wretch?
Pat yourself on the back, close the case
Let this imp take the blame, take the fame
Let his name light a fire in the hearts of his race!
Why it's more than I can bear
I must make all of Hell aware!

Fuck it!
I am the mastermind, the hand that holds the strings!
No simple imp of mine could master the disaster
Oh it stings!
That you thought
You had caught the schemer of the schemes I wrought!
I confess!
It was me and I have no regrets!

I have regrets
Why am I throwing my freedom away
For this idiot?

Blitzo: What have you done?
Stolas: I would rather be dead
Blitzo and Stolas: I can't/Than live life without you by my side
Stolas: So if it keeps you alive!
Blitzo: What are you doing? I don't deserve this!

Stolas: I am the mastermind, the master of my fate!
Blitzo: I realized too late!
Stolas: Sure as the stars have shined
Blitzo and Stolas: Don't give your life/I'll give my life to clean my/your slate!

Stolas: You're my light
Blitzo: You're my heart
Blitzo and Stolas: Only death can rend our love apart!

Satan: (Laughs) Well, isn't that adorable?
We have been betrayed by one of our own. A Goetic demon.
Your hubris has gotten the better of you, Prince Stolas.

I am the mastermind, and here I am the law (Deadly Sins: He is the law)

Satan: I've ruled the endless dark
Since long before the golden angel's fall
So you see
Next to me, your master plans all look so small
Little mice
When you break my rules
You pay the price!

Trivia[]

  • In a tweet, Vivziepop explained that the implication of Satan's line, "I've ruled the endless dark since long before the golden angel's fall", is that because of Lucifer's absence, Satan can say anything he wants, and confirmed that Lucifer has always been the first ruler of Hell, and Asmodeus and Beelzebub know Satan lied.[1]
  • After the release of the episode, Sam Haft tweet a thread about the songwriting of Mastermind,[2] in which he explained:
    • Stolas is taking responsibility in this song by focusing on the Hell hierarchical prejudice, so as to save Blitzo by convincing the Deadly Sins and the other Goetias that Blitzo is not trying to rise above his station, and how executing him will make him a martyr of impkind.[3]
    • The verse of Stolas saying he is the master of his own fate is a callback to When I See Him, recognizing that without Blitzo he would never have had his own agency in his own life. Haft added that this song was written before When I See Him so those breadcrumbs could be laid in reverse.[4]
      • In a separate tweet, Haft confirmed that When I See Him was written and recorded much later, while Mastermind recorded in September of 2021.[5]
    • The verse melody harkens to the baroque vibe of Stolas' earlier, more villainous leitmotif. The first notes are basically Bach's Bourrée in E minor and the melody of the chorus is shaped like Dies Irae, the Gregorian chant, that was later used by Verdi's Requiem about "judgment day".[6][7]
    • Whilst Stolas was pretending to be the evil architect of the grimoire's misuse, he uses the word "mastermindery", which is not a real word, but was used as a little lyrical reminder that Stolas was acting the whole time.[8]
    • When Stolas shifts into "musical reality", the only one who truly sees him in that moment is Blitzo, who, in musical reality, is of course communicating his feelings musically.[9]
    • Stolas saying the line "I have regrets, why am I giving up my freedom for this idiot" is the lyrical cue that the reality has changed to Stolas' internal monologue, switching to hearing him sing from the heart and about the feelings that got him here.[10]
    • There is a spooky string-scratching sound when Satan first joins the song, which was reused a couple months later writing the end of Stayed Gone when Alastor transforms.[11]
    • During the Satan part, instead of cymbal hits, the sound of striking an anvil was used. Additionally, Haft stated that he has been doing that on all of his "demonic" sounding stuff since Moxxie's Bad Trip, an idea he took from the intro to Tenacious D's "Beelzeboss".[12]

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