Just when
you thought it would never happen! Mercyful Fate reunited with all
original members minus Kim Ruzz to record In The Shadows. Released in 1993, the classic Mercyful Fate sound
returned. Line up: King Diamond-vocals, Hank Shermann-guitars, Michael Denner-guitars, Timi Hansen-bass, Snowy Shaw-drums. (The drums on this album were recorded by Morten Nielsen except for Return Of The Vampire which Lars Ulrich plays drums.) Track list: Egypt The Bell Witch The Old Oak Shadows A Gruesome Time Thirteen Invitations Room Of Golden Air Legend Of The Headless Rider Is That You, Melissa Return Of The Vampire...1993 |
Ahh...Egypt...Ahh
O Thou of countless names
Who are one and all
things
O Thou of countless names
Without beginning, without
end
Ahh...Egypt...Ahh
Osiris...Anubis...The underworld
is
yours
Osiris...Anubis...I put my soul
in your hands
O Thou, God of the
Dead
Lead my soul to the judgement hall
O Thou, Jackal Head
Weigh my
soul, I await your call
Ahh...Egypt...Ahh
Ammit, Eater of the
Dead
Is devouring my heart
Will I pass on to Aaru
Or will I be
condemned?
I'm burning inside to know
I'm burning inside to
know
I'm burning inside to know
I must be back on time
But still I
want to know
I hope they let me go
I'm from another time
And I must
reunite
My body and my soul
I'm burning inside to know
I'm burning
inside to know
I'm burning inside to know
Osiris...Anubis...The
underworld is yours
Osiris...Anubis...I put my soul in your hands
O Thou
of countless names
Who are one and all things
O Thou of countless
names
Without beginning, without end
Ahh...Egypt...Ahh
Egypt
come back to me
Egypt come back to me
Egypt, without beginning or
end
The Bell Witch
Back in Tennessee,
I saw a family haunted
by an entity
It was a tragedy in another century
Oh...They never would
know
the Evil One that came
Little Betsy, the age of 12
Living in a
dream
The first one to scream
Invisible hands leaving their mark in
the dark
Night after night
The Bell Witch attacked and
attacked
Torturing Betsy, until a circle
was held in candle
light
Tell us who you are
Please tell us who you are
"I am the
air you breathe
I am the Bell Witch
I am a million years
I am the Bell
Witch"
The Bell Witch decided
It was the time for the father to
scream
Soon taken ill, never again to leave his bed alive
Tell us who
you are
Please tell us who you are
"I am the air you breathe
I am
the Bell Witch
I am a million years
I am the Bell Witch"
"Goodnight
John, see you in Hell...
Say bye bye to Daddy, Betsy"
Call the doctor!!!
..."I made sure"
Call the doctor!!! ..."There ain't no cure"
That
night John he died
And the Bell Witch never came again
Soon they
realized,
the witch had given John bad medicine
The Old Oak
Do you remember the bridge?
The bridge that was standing in
ruin
Do you remember the sign?
Demons and witches were doing
They
say it's a bad place
They say it's a magic place
Deep down
under
The soil of this unholy land
Deep down under
The roots of a tree
they have damned
It's the Old Oak Hanging Tree
It's the Old Oak
Hanging Tree
Nothing will grow in the ground
The Old Oak is killing it
all
If you are ever around
Beware of the Oak and its charm
It's the
Old Oak Hanging Tree
It's the Old Oak Hanging Tree
The Old Oak might
make you blind
The Old Oak might trick your
eyes
Hypnotized.....
It's a bad sign
When the Autumn comes and the
leaves
are gone
Oh it's a bad sign
The Oak must feed in order to
breed
Bad sign....... Bad sign
It's a bad sign when the Autumn
comes
And the leaves are gone
It's a nightmare found
I wonder... what
made this magic tree so
Hang with me, hang with the hangman
Another
season in another century
Hang with me, hang with the hangman
Blood from
the madmen we hung in that
tree
Blood to the ground
Blood to the
roots.... Red
All around the Old Oak
Deep into the ground they buried
them
Indians of ancient times
Saw it as a holy shrine
Can you
believe, sacrificing their own
Must have been a mighty GOD
To receive
a gift of life
All the people must have known
Happiness would come if
sown
Can you believe, sacrificing their own
The Old Oak might make
you blind
The Old Oak might trick your eyes
Hypnotized.....
No!
Don't hang with me
As I go back to the Old Oak tree
Shadows
When the darkness eats away the day
And the moon bears witness
to the graves
In the shadows we are alive
In the shadows, The
Light
Can you see the ghosts above our heads?
We are all in there with
the dead
In the shadows we are alive
In the shadows, The
Light
In the darkness there is no holding back
There is no gold in
black
Deep in the night
Everything is clear
Clearer than
daylight
In the land of mystery we share
You can come along if you
dare
In the shadows we are alive
In the shadows, The Light
We
are hiding in the shadows on your wall
We are watching as you kiss your
little doll
When the darkness leaves the night
We cannot see The Light no
more
No more
We are always in the shadows by your door
But when the
darkness leaves the night
We cannot see The Light no more
No
more
There is no holding back
There is no gold in black
Deep in the
night
Everything is clear
Clearer than daylight
A Gruesome Time
Everything is so strange in here
And as I
look through your eyes
I can see what you're thinking of me
I am deep
inside
Deep inside your head, causing you pain
Deep inside your head,
causing you pain
Eternal pain
All your secrets are done my dear
And
as I look through your eyes
I can see all the things that you fear
I am
deep inside
Deep inside your head, causing you pain
Deep inside your
head, causing you pain
Eternal pain
I'm the dreams you don't wanna
dream
I'm the things you don't wanna see
I'm the dreams you don't wanna
dream
I am the night of sin.....
I wanna see you in tears
The end
is near.....
I am deep inside
Deep inside your head, causing you
pain
Deep inside your head, causing you pain
Eternal pain
I've come
to give you a gruesome time
For all the evil you have done
I'll keep a
coming until the end
I'll keep a coming back my friend
Thirteen Invitations
The mansion was right on the shore
Down by
the lake
Nobody had lived here before
But the Devil
himself
Thirteen invitations
Sent out through the night
Thirteen
invitations
They would all arrive in time
Solo: Shermann
They
gathered around the mansion
Thirteen in all
They had the same
intention
Never to fall
Thirteen invitations
Sent out through the
night
Thirteen invitations
Promising eternal life
So you want to be
alive forevermore
I will turn the wheel of time
None of you will ever have
to die
I will turn the wheel of time
Turning the wheel
Turning the
wheel of time
But first we must play a game
The game of souls
Sit
down! Don't move around!
Deal those cards!
They played all night 'till
the morning light
And the Devil, he smiled on his own
They played all
night for eternal life
Or the chance of losing their souls
High will
win, low is the sin
They played all night in the burning light
The
thirteen were sharing a nine
High will win, low is the sin
The
final card was in the Devil's hand
The King of Diamonds would win
They
could never leave the mansion
Forever inside
They had lost their souls of
creation
But they were alive
Thirteen invitations
Sent out through
the night
Thirteen invitations
And the mansion was mine
Legend of the Headless
Rider
"The Rise"
I'm an undertaker
I'm a ghost in
the night
I'm a coffin shaker
This graveyard site is mine
Take a
look at the sky, see that evil eye
Tonight the moon is cold as ice
Oh
yeah...cold as ice...oh yeah
There's a black horse waiting
Will HE be
on time?
The graveyard's shaking
Should I turn my eyes and walk
away
Take a look at the sky, see that evil eye
Tonight the Headless
Rider rides
Midnight...let the church bell ring
It's midnight, All
Hallows Eve
It's midnight, All Hallows Eve
I see him rising from his
grave
I see him rising from his grave.......
"The Chase"
On All
Hallows Eve, Never to forget
He rides the open field
In search of his
head
My GOD, he's so grotesque
Should I stay?
My GOD, a scythe in
his hand
NO WAY
He's coming...I'm running
He's coming...I'm
running
Deep inside I know I'm the one
He's coming...I'm running
Deep
inside I know this is wrong
Help me, I'm falling down
I'm falling
down...
I'm looking up...I'm in a grave
"Doomed"
In this hollow
grave
I can smell that he's near
Will I ever never make it
Will I shed
a tear
Oh it's strange how everything's
changing
Now my life is
fading away
In this hollow grave
I see a bony hand
Don't you ever
never take it
It's the key to his land
Oh it's strange how
everything's
changing
Now my life is fading away
Oh it's strange
how everything's
changing
Now my life is fading
away
NO!
"Epilogue"
The mind in my headless body
Seems to be
chained to the inside
I cannot move towards the light...
And as he rides
away
Leaving me with this curse
I hear his laughter in the
distance
Actually it's my laughter, he stole my head
Does this mean I'll
be The One next year???
Is That You Melissa
Oh...Melissa, You're in my dreams
You're with me every
day
Oh...Melissa, could that really be
your voice I hear?
Too soon
for you and I
The priest took his sacrifice
And sent you to the other
side
Oh...Melissa, You're in my dreams
You're with me every
day
Oh...Melissa, do you remember
the time we shared?
Do you
remember the magic nights?
I will never forget your smile
Do you remember
the love we had?...
Oh the love we had
No...Melissa"
You gotta tell
me why
"No...Melissa"
I want her by my side
"This is against the
rules
there won't be another time"
Melissa tell me why
I wanna know
why
"No...Melissa"
You gotta tell me why
"No...Melissa"
I want
her by my side
Oh...Melissa, You're in my dreams
You're with me every
day
Oh...Melissa, close your eyes
and say goodbye
One last
time...we'll kiss goodbye
I kiss your soul goodbye
Return of the
Vampire...1993
A
suicide, the birth of a Vampire
Deep in his lair, gasping for
air
Spreaded wings
Fly out at sunset
So high above, back before
dawn
Return of the Vampire
Leaving his lair
He's out for blood and
it's yours he will share
Return of the Vampire
Leaving his lair
He's
out for blood and it's yours he will share
There's only one way you can
stop him
You gotta trace the Vampire to his lair, oh yeah
And then you
gotta drive a stake
Right through the heart of the living dead, the
dead
Oh I can feel something is wrong
Vampire, My shadow is
gone
Vampire, I know what you've done
Vampire, My shadow is
gone
Vampire, I know what you've done
Return of the Vampire
Leaving
his lair
He's out for blood and it's yours he will share
Return of the
Vampire
Leaving his lair
He's out for blood and it's yours he will
share
A suicide, the birth of a Vampire