King Diamond Album

I leave it up me me girl, You tell me when and I'll act

By the first light of dawn, Daddy will be on his way
By the first light of dawn, No more Daddy, I say

I leave it up to me girl
You tell me when and I'll make him disappear

I can feel...the sun will soon be here
Get away from that string my dear
What do you think you're doing Lucy

Too late, I should have seen it coming my way
Glass from the broken window, oh so high above
Heading straight for my neck

By the first light of dawn, my body lost its head
By the first light of dawn, Oh God...I'm dead

I feel...my soul is, creeping...up into my brain

I guess I would be scared, if I weren't already dead
But my blackened heart has told me
No one really cares anyway
Lucy, what are you doing now, do not set him free girl
Lucy, what are you doing now
You better take a listen to my head
Did you hear what it said

The view is so very strange, so strange from here
Facing the floor is hard, when you're nothing but a ball
How could the mayor win, and I become one of THEM
I'm just a head on the floor
My body is over there, but I am still right here

Lucy...come back to me
Lucy...you cannot leave me like this

[SOLO: Herb]

Lucy, I hear your little feet coming my way
Pick me up and let us head for home
But not a word to Daddy
So she puts me in her backpack

Lucy forever, I'll be with Lucy forever
Lucy forever, I'll be with Lucy forever
Lucy forever, I'll be with Lucy forever
Lucy forever, I'll be with Lucy forever
Ever...ever...ever...ever...ever...ever

Sarah Lafayette is sleeping, her husband is awake
This summers's night is too hot
Feels like his majesty was here

Can you hear the voodoo drums
They're howling at the moon

Voodoo..voodoo..voodoo

"Mommy... mommy... mommy... mommy"

[Solo: Mike]

Later that Night in her Room,Abigail was drifting off to sleep.
All of what she had seen Today, was hard to believe.

Then the screams of a child in pain, creeping deep into her brain
Then the screams of a child in pain, she cannot find her mommy
And that's a shame

Abigail was quickly on her feet
Down the stairs and into the dark, Abigail was following the sound
And there she was: THE CHILD

It was clearly a ghost... the ghost from the gate in the storm
"Little girl, tell me who you are?"
"I am your spirit twin from years ago, I'm LITTLE ONE"

That brought back memories of Abigail when turning six
Sneaking out of bed, like she always did

[Solo: Andy]

Hiding in the dark, listening to the men
Tell their stories from way back then
She remembered the story of Jonathan

And they'd been talking about the Little One

[Solo: Mike]

Then the screams of a child in pain, creeping deep into her brain
Then the screams of a child in pain, she cannot find her mommy
And that's a shame

Abigail she knew she had to stay
Saving Little One and breaking the chain... breaking the chain

Just after midnight, they are bringing me my pills
Just after midnight, lights are out...at Black Hill
But they don't know me...they don't know me at all
Tonight pills will be chills will be kills

Waiting in the dark, I cannot take another night
Waiting in the dark, I cannot take it anymore

If I don't take my medication, they will all be here
But I think I fooled them, I think...I'm in the clear
"Nursie" doesn't know...this is her last night
She even brought the key, that's gonna set me free

Waiting in the dark, I cannot take another night
Waiting in the dark, I cannot take it anymore

Tonight I'm taking her instead
My hands are so much stronger
Than her isty-bitsy little head

[SOLO: Herb]

Empty eyes are staring at the wall
I cannot hear her breathing anymore

[SOLO: Herb]

I'm looking for the key in her hand
That bluish little hand

Running through the empty halls of this forgotten
place
Unlocking doors...that never opens
But now I've got the key...the key to freedom
And I'm unlocking doors that never should be opened

Waiting in the dark, I cannot take another night
Waiting in the dark, I cannot take it anymore

6,6,6 miles...I've been running through the woods
6,6,6 miles...and now before me, the cemetery gates

I climb the gate between life and death
I walk upon the moolit graves
I'm home

It must be summer the sky is clear
The garden is so beautiful
All the flowers and all the trees
Make Me feel like they're inside of Me
I'm holding My sister's hand
While we're playing in the sand
It's all but a dream

My bed is moving, I cannot see a thing
I am in total darkness, someone is calling
I can feel the chill, it's all around Me
I know it's not a dream, No no no

Someone is in My room
Standing at the end of My bed
Must be a visit from the dead
Must be a visit from the dead

Now I see her figure, it's just a little child
And there's no reflection, she's in the mirror
Could it really be, has she returned?
My little sister

"King beware...something bad is coming Your way...
King beware"
Must be a visit from the dead
Must be a visit from the dead
Missy will You tell Me
You know we don't have no secrets
"Just beware"

Must be a visit from the dead
Must be a visit from the dead
You've to to tell Me Missy
Come on now, spit out little girl

"I will send You a dream..."

Monday night - Tuesday morning, master bedroom

Salem's standing in the dark
Watching Sarah's sleeping body
Someone is in her bed
Twisting, turning in his fever
Savid will not even see her
I an invisible..I am the one to bring you down

I open up my hand, the "Goofer Dust" is falling
It's now on Sarah's hand
You can almost see the dead, as they enter Sarah's head
Then deep into her stomach, I wonder how the baby feels

Violently she's sitting up
Screams of pain I know she's hurting
I only see white in her eyes

[solo Andy]

Sarah speaks in unknown tongue
Then she spits a litlle blood
Time has come, I must be gone
In comes Grandpa, what is he doing
I thought I had him not moving
But the dead in Sarah's head, will take her to an early grave
Salem is gone

[Grandpa:] "Go back to sleep me dear
It's just another nightmare
Those God damn voodoo drums
I will stay in here tonight, and keep an open eye
So you can sleep again...
Sarah sleep...Sarah sleep...Sarah sleep...

Look, the old bitch is back - yeah,
finally we'll get some company again
the attic room has been
locked up for far too long - just like the
old bitch herself - she's on time
though - why that silly wheelchair?
Oh she's pretending as always - but
she does make a good cup of tea.

"Oh My God she's here. Missy, listen
to what Mother says: Now You be
good to Grandma; and remember
she's been away on a long vacation.
That goes for You too King. And stop
playing that thing. Answer the door"

The night is rising my eyes
Even in the dark I know i'm alive

I am burning for you,
yeah you know its true.

Voices are calling in the night
Breaking the changing sleep of night
I see your face i can't deny it
Darkness you are a holy shrine

The night, awake us tonight
This is where we all meet
the ones left behind

I am burning for you,
yeah you know it's true.

Voices are calling in the night
Breaking the changing sleep of night
I see your face i can't deny it
Darkness you are a holy shrine

[Solo]

Voices are calling in the night
Breaking the changing sleep of night
I see your face i can't deny it
Darkness you are a holy shrine

The night, awake us tonight
This is where we all meet
The ones left behind

I am burning for you,
yeah you know it's true.

Voices are calling in the night
Breaking the changing sleep of night
I see your face i can't deny it
Darkness you are a holy shrine

I am burning for you... I am burning for you...

[Solo]

Monday evening

Evening, the sun is setting, silence is all you hear

David, getting really sick he is sweating like a pig
The fever's got him now
And Sarah's father dear, the morning snack has put him on his back
He should have stayed in bed..oh why didn't he?

...The sun is setting, silence is all you hear
[Sarah:] "Salem, what's going on?"

[Salem:] "Let me tell you a story Madame, a secret about your land
The reason... for all madness
Let me tell you a story Madame, the burial ground on your land
Ia a secret voodoo stand

If you ever destroy this sacred place
Legend says that you will die, and never find your rest
I'm telling the truth...Oh yes I am
If the living can't feed the dead, then the dead will come for you
Yeah

[Sarah:] "You better hold your tongue now Salem
Cause I don't believe in ghosts"
There is only one thing left to do now
And that is "Sending of Dead"

The four shadows are meeting again
At the cemetery gates, darkness is a friend
Midnight will soon be here
Everything should be ready by now...for "Sending of Dead"

[solo Andy]

Place the image of Saint Expedit
Upside down and around
I hear Doctor le Croix speaking
"Let the ritual begin"

"Almight God, father of mine, come for Sarah Lafayette
That she may be "Disappeared", forever lost
Saint Expedit, you are a saint and I'm a sinner
I send you to find...Sarah Lafayette
Oh, ride me of her head and rid me of her soul
Rid me of all her thoughts, rid me of her memory
For this curse to work, Baron Samedi, Samedi, Samedi
Send your blessing, so Sarah may be gone"

[solo Herb]

As if he was sent from the sky, Baron Samedi creeps inside
The Doctor's body..speaking to Salem
[Samedi:] "You must bring me a sacrifice
You must come back before midnight
Kneel before my cross"...Salem is here

He takes a handful of soil from each grave
Of the dead he wants to send..into Sarah
Now quick quick run back to the HOUSE
The soil must lie where sarah sleeps

[SOLO: Andy.]
The darkness came closer to home on the
following night
And Miriam slept like a rock when
Jonathan's face went white

The bedroom was ice cold
But the fire was burning still
The blinding light
The Family Ghost had risen again...The Ghost

"Don't be scared, Don't be scared now My Friend
I am Count de LaFey
Let me take You to the crypt down below
Where Abigail rests"

"Let Miriam sleep
She never would understand
Now come let us go...It's time to know"

[SOLO: Mike - SOLO: Andy]

"Beware of the slippery stairs
You could easily fall and break Your neck
Hand me that torch and I will lead the way
To the secret in the dark
Take a look into the vault, the Vault
The sarcophagus...of a child
Abigail has been in here for years and years
stillborn", Born...Born...Born

"The spirit of Abigail is inside Your Wife
and there's only one way You can stop
the rebirth of evil itself
You must take her life now

As I look him deep in the eyes...I see only darkness
I must have knocked him out...good
I kind of like that...I must go

Up Up Up from the grave
Up Up Up from the grave
Up Up Up from the grave
Up Up Up from the grave

Here we go again my friend,
deep into my twisted brain
I think I'm losing it again

La-La-La......I'm digging for Lucy dear
La-La-La......I've had it up to here

Lucy Lucy I am here, Lucy Lucy don't you fear
I will get you out of there, so you can breathe again
You can't sleep forever...dear
Come to DADDY

Up Up Up from the grave
Up Up Up from the grave
Up Up Up from the grave
Up Up Up from the grave

Here we go again my friend,
deep into my twisted brain
I think I'm losing it again

La-La-La......Tell me what you see
La-La-La......Tell me how it makes you feel

When I sing so nice-ly to you Lu-u-cy

Oh Daddy...I'm so alone, Oh Daddy...come home
Oh Daddy...I've missed you so
Oh Daddy...tell me what to do

Daddy don't look at me like that
I didn't do it...HE did...It was HIM
I could never...I could never
I wasn't even there

[SOLO: Andy]

Daddy tell me what to do...Daddy...No don't no

Oh Daddy, you're fading away
Oh Daddy, Daddy please stay
Oh...you're fading away
Oh Daddy, Daddy please stay

You're going down, you're going down, McKenzie

[SOLO: Herb]

Sit down you creep, you degenerate son of a sheep

[SOLO: Andy]

What am I to do you...with you ?

[SOLO]

You're going down, you're going down, McKenzie

[SOLO]

Sit down you creep, you degenerate son of a sheep

[SOLO]

What am I to do you...with you ?

[SOLO]

Sit down you creep, you degenerate sheep

[SOLO]

You're going down, you're going down, McKenzie

Thuesday night - Monday morning

I heard a policeman say to Grandpa:
"There once was a Salem, the caretaker of the "LOA" house
But he died years ago.
As a matter of fact, he's buried right here on your land."

If they only knew.

"7 Years Have Gone, It Can No Longer Be Left Undone
The Candle Must Be Burn Again, And Pain
Must Follow the Unholy Flame
So Burn...Burn...Burn
And Free the Spirit From Its Chain"

Here I AM Blinded Again By That Flame
In Every Candle That I Burn, Burn !
I See That Same Face Return, It Returns

Eyes In Pain, My Little Queen Are You A Dream
In Every Candle That I Burn, Burn !
I See That Same Face Return, It Returns
[Solo: Mike]
Time Has Come For You To Tell The Truth, What Shall I Do
Tears Are Running From Her Eyes
If She Could Only Tell Me Why, Tell Me Why
[Solo: Mike]
The Jonah...The Jonah

In Twisted Key She Speaks A Word To Me And Then I See
Her Face Falling Apart
The Word "Jonah" Is Her Mark, She's Branded
[Solo: Andy]