Charlie's Inferno
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0The Heart Goes to Heaven, the Head Goes to Hell.Get into Heaven
Escape the Devil and Hell (both failed)
Ensure he's not forgotten by maintaining his media empire.Excuse me, sir, there must be someone you've confused me for,
If I could see someone who knew me or someone in uniform?
Charlie is the titular main protagonist of the song Charlie's Inferno from the album The Heart Goes to Heaven, the Head Goes to Hell by the band That Handsome Devil.
He is an ordinary man who's lived a supposed life of virtue, only to find himself barred from Heaven upon dying. As such, during the song, he repeatedly tries to plead his way into Heaven and to escape Hell, to no avail.Charlie's Inferno
Charlie is described as an ordinary man who would do the pledge of allegiance every morning, eat fish on the weekends, ride his bike whenever gas prices were high, use eco-friendly lightbulbs and get his wife a rose bi-monthly with a card attached, though he feared swimming in the ocean because of shark attacks. One day, he'd get into a car crash and suffer a cardiac arrest, killing him on the spot.
Awakening as a spirit, Charlie boards a golden escalator up into the sky and is ecstatic to be going to Heaven, looking down on his friends, family, and his own deceased body as looking like ants. When he arrives at the gates, he meets the angel guarding it (presumably St. Peter) but is told he's not on the list and is ushered away. Charlie protests that it must be a mistake, asking to see someone who knew him or an official to vouch for his character and proclaiming his holiness thanks to his habit of regularly attending church, only for the angels to shove him out of Heaven.
Charlie arrives at the gates of Hell, where he witnesses the tormented souls of fatsos and attention whores being punished with ironic punishments. The Devil introduces him to the various punishments of his realm, and after he and Charlie board an elevator down, Charlie tries to escape, only for the Devil to catch him.
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