Dead
Again, released on June 19, 1998, is much better, in my opinion, than
it's predecessor. This album features the title track, which is a 13
minute Hank Shermann masterpiece. Line up: King Diamond-vocals, Hank Shermann-guitars, Mike Wead-guitars, Sharlee D'Angelo-bass, Bjarne Holm-drums Track list: Torture (1629) The Night Since Forever The Lady Who Cries Banshee Mandrake Sucking Your Blood Dead Again Fear Crossroads |
Anna... was
praying to a God
She had betrayed, so they said
Some folk had seen her
flying on a broom
All Hallows Eve, under the moon
The inquisitor had
left her behind
Gone for a bite, food on his mind
The sun was slowly
trying to hide
Behind a town so full of pride
A sight Anna would never see
again
Torture in the name of Christ, confess, oh you witch
Torture in
the name of Christ, you witch you... confess
Solo:
Shermann
Sitting naked on the wooden horse
Weights to her legs, what a
holy cross
Her bloody hands tied to her back
Her golden hair burned to
black
Thumbscrews they had used
To crush each tip of her fingers to a
pulp
In the torture chamber, she couldn't feel much more
Of anything...
anymore
Torture in the name of Christ, confess, oh you witch
Torture
in the name of Christ, you witch you... confess
Satan's mark... had
slipped away
They already searched her body twice today
And it was all in
vain
Oh Anna here they come again
Off the horse, strapado for a
friend
Up she goes, higher and higher
Anna's crying, screaming:
"Liars"
Solo: Shermann-Wead
Confess, confess witch
Confess,
before you die
"Yes, yes, I am a witch, may Satan take you
all"
Solo: Wead
They dropped her from the ceiling
To a foot
above the floor
Her arms and legs disjointed
Screams of pain... then
finally no... more
The Night
Old Nick is by my side, I hear no evil
As I walk into the
night, I see no evil
Old Nick is by my side, I feel no evil
Oh... I'm
gonna love this night... it's gonna be just fine
The two of us at
midnight, a feeling of Hell
The two of us at midnight...
Just him and I,
we're gonna spy on God
Old Nick... my imaginary friend
Old Nick is not
what they say, here we go again
Through the dark on a snake we ride, the
Devil's child
Oh... the moon is bright, she's oh so fine
The two of us
at midnight, a feeling of Hell
The two of us at midnight...
Just him and
I, we're gonna spy on God
Find out who he really is
Find out who she
really is, The Night
Find out if he really is
Find out if she really is,
The Night
Solo: Shermann-Wead
Looking through a Demon's
eye
We're gonna spy on God
Find out if he really is
Find out if she
really is
Solo: Shermann
Old Nick is by my side, I feel no
evil
Oh... I'm gonna love this night... it's gonna be just fine The two of us
at midnight, a feeling of Hell
The two of us at midnight...
Just him and
I, we're gonna spy on God The Night
Find out who he really is
Find out who
she really is, The Night
Find out if hee really is
Find out if she really
is, The Night...
Since Forever
On this cold and windy Sunday
I'm sitting here alone... It's
Autumn
I'm looking at a yellow picture
You have been gone forever Oh it's
so very hard, growing old on your own, alone
I'm trying to remember... the
days...
When we were young Since forever, I still remember your ways
Since
forever, I still remember I have been reading your letter, over and over
again
I can't believe you're gonna be here today
I can't believe... this
is Sunday How nice of you to come, it's been so way too long
Let me get you
another glass of wine
To keep our tongues in time
Solo: Wead
Since
forever, I still remember your ways
Since forever, I still remember So many
things have never been told
And now the both of us are way too
old
Solo: Shermann
Since forever, I still
remember your
ways
Since forever, I still remember Like the light of the sun
You used to
brightened my day
But darkness ha taken your place
And I can no longer
keep it away Since forever, I still remember your ways
Since forever, I still
remember I ask you for one last time
No there won't be any wine
Just one
more time
So you can put flowers on my grave
And then leave again... since
forever
The Lady Who Cries
Many have seen the statue that cries
But
only I have seen her at night
Many say that it... is a miracle
Many say
that her... tears can heal you, but When the sun goes down, and my day
begins
That's when I saw her change
her tears did turn to blood, just like
a miracle
And through her mouth of stone, I saw the fire From so deep inside,
I heard a voice from Hell
"I am the lady who cries, I am he who lights the
night"
"I am Lucifer"
Solo: Shermann
Many say that it... is a
miracle
Many say ther her... tears can heal you, but From so deep inside, I
hear a voice from hell
"I am the lady who cries, I am he who fights the
night"
Solo: Wead
"I'm your eternal friend" "Let my children come to me at
day
Let my children come to me and pray"
Solo: Wead
"They don't
know who I am
Or that they worship the Devil
They don't know who I
am
They think I'm a miracle..."
Banshee
I heard it... in my sleep last night
I heard it... in your
sleep last night
Now I can hear it again, outside the night is sad
I know
it's not the wind, outside the night is black Under our window is the
Banshee
Wailing its haunted tune
Under out window is the
Banshee
Waitling its haunted tune too soon I know that, I must tell you a
lie
I know that, it could be you and not I
Before the sun is rising, the
Banshee cannot stay
Before the night is dying, a life will slip away Under
our window is the Banshee
Wailing its haunted tune
Under out window is the
Banshee
Waitling its haunted tune too soon I must light a fire, to chase away
the night
Let us hold each other tight
The cats are gone, I guess... they
know
Oh... they know what's gonna come
Solo: Wead
The wailing
is so much louder, I need
to hold you tight
I can feel you getting colder,
is it time for you or I?
Solo: Shermann-Wead
Under our window is
the Banshee
Wailing its haunted tune
Under out window is the
Banshee
Waitling its haunted tune too soon Let it be me
Mandrake
Poisonous Mandrake, you danerous root
One of the three fates,
when a man's time has come You look so human, so different from any other
plant
Youlook so human, that the Devil might take you for a man White
Mandragora, with you root so thick, you are the male
Black as the night on
the outside, inside you're like a moon You look so human, so different from any
other plant
Youlook so human, that the Devil might take you for a man Your
leaves spread out... so close to the ground
Mandrake root, your berries are
just like the sun
Mandrake root, as a female your root will be forked
Your
juice has been known, to take away lives
Cause insanity... am I losing my
mind?
Solo: Shermann-Wead
In the olden days it
was
believed
That in the dark of night, you had to
Tie a string from
the neck of a
Black dog to the Mandrake root, then move away, move
away
And with meat you must lure the dog
to pull the Mandrake root from
the ground Cover your ears... cause the cry of the Mandrake root
No man has
ever survived, the dog will surely die
Solo: Wead
Poisonous
Mandrake,
you dangerous root
One of the three fates, when a man's time has
come You look so human, so different from any other plant
Youlook so human,
that the Devil might take you for a man Your leaves spread out... so close to
the ground
Mandrake root, your berries are just like the sun
Mandrake
root, as a female your root will be forked
Your juice has been known, to take
away lives
Cause insanity... am I losing my mind? Mandrake root, bring me
your poisonous love
Mandrake root, I need you to bring me that
love
Mandrake root... Mandrake root bring me love
Mandrake root, bring me
that poisonous thing
That everyone is calling LOVE
Sucking Your Bood
I can see it in your mystery eyes
I can
feel it on your breath tonight
The yearning for time, the yearning for
eternal life Oh... oh... oh... sucking your blood, oh... oh... oh Let me look
you deep in the eyes
Let me look... into your mind
Let me take you to a
room full of life
Let me, let me, let me suck your wine
Oh...oh...oh...sucking your blood
Oh...oh...oh...sucking you, sucking your
blood A Chandelier is our source of light
I'm breathing in the golder air
tonight
Time... is right, it's your innocent skin I like Oh... oh... oh...
sucking your blood, oh... oh... oh Your neck is so delicately white, inviting my
mouth for the bite
My teeth... your vein, like wine from a chalice I drink
Oh...oh...oh...sucking your blood
Oh...oh...oh...sucking you, sucking your
blood
Solo: Shermann
Your warm juices
colour my throat
What
unheavenly joy, turning yours into mine Me... part of you, oh you are the
wine
Sucking your blood before the night is torn
How could this ever, ever
be a sin If you would pull the stake from my heart
If you would let me draw
another card
Maybe the Morning Star will blind our eyes
Maybe the Morning
Star will bless another night
Solo: Shermann-Wead
Maybe
the
Morning Star will blind our eyes
Maybe the Morning Star will bless
another night
Me... part of you, you are the wine
Dead Again
Why do I keep on doing this? It's not for me anymore
I'm doing
this more for you than I
And on that lonely road to nowhere
I lost myself
to something else I don't know where I'm going or where I've been
It's so
hard to remember all the things I am, am I?
It feels like the end is near,
catching up with me
Catch me if you can, cause I'm going down into the ground
How much longer can I keep going on?
I can feel my lost ones coming
down
Sooner than later, I'll see you all again
I feel my purpose here
slipping away
I see the sun, but it's raining I hope I'm on my way to better
things
And if I'm not, it doesn't really matter
Cause I am doing this more
for you than I am me
I can no longer pretend, that my life is worth
living
I... I would rather die, be dead again Hold on
Now here it comes,
death for one, a lonely son
Up then down, I'm spinning around
My sould is
so confused again
Am I floating towards the sun?
Hold on, am I dead
on?
Solo: Shermann
Through a tunnel of black, why?
Why do I
feel so sad? I've been waiting for the end of act 9 to come
The curtain must
fall, the end of a song
Solo: Wead
But the song goes on and
on
The light is so very strong
I'm drifting along, I have no will I'm
drifting still
In a room without walls... I feel the chill
No one is here
to pick me up
Nothingess... what a mess... oh
Is anybody there? Is anybody
there? I'm talking to you, do you hear me?
If I could only see through the
wall of nothingness
The wall of black
They gave me number 9, this is not
like the last time
Number 9
This time I am really losing my mind I hear an
orchestra... I see an orchestra
I greet an orchestra... I meet an
orchestra
I'm in an orchestra... I am an orchestra
I kill this
orchestra... I kill me? No
No don't stop, oh please don't stop Hey stay here,
what's going on?... hey wait for me
Solo: Shermann-Wead
I'm
running but I can't keep up
Then I realize my feet are gone
This is such a
weird weird song
The orchestra is now a door
One is one and two is four, I
can see three more
Seven doors, seven doors
I must choose one before
they're gone But I cannot move, oh they are drifting away now
But I cannot
move, oh they are drifting away now
I've got to reach that door, the number
6
I've got to reach that door, the number 6
The number 6-6, the number
6-6-6
The number 6-6-6
The number 6-6-6, that's my door
Wuauuu... look
at all the colours
There goes an orchestra, no more doors
Close the
window, here they come
I hear another end of this song
But again the song
goes on Dead again, I know cause I've been here before
I'm dead agin, if I
could only reach that door
The number 6-6-6, the number 6-6-6 I'm beginning
to miss you again
Why can't I just get you out of my mind...
I must forget
Dead again, I know cause I've been here before
I'm dead again, if I could
only reach that door
Through a purple mist the light is fading
I guess
I'll have to stay dead
A little longer this time Dead
again...
Fear
In the mirror... I have seen HIM
And he scares me
The
crature... behind the mask I wear
I know his name is FEAR
In the mirror...
he's looking back at me
I have to face him every day And I know him not so
well, his name is FEAR So deep within, yet so far away
I... wonder, will he
always stay
Stay so deep within, deep within my soul And I know him not so
well, his name is FEAR The man... in the mirror, he scares me
For I know him
not so well
The creature... behind the mask I wear
I know his name is
FEAR
In the mirror... it's not omy eyes I see
But they are always there I
cannot let it show, NO ONE must ever know
The horror that lies so deep
within
Tucked away beneath my skin And it scares me, yes it scares me So deep
within, yet so far away
I... wonder, will he always stay
Stay so deep
within, deep within my soul And I know him not so well, his name is
FEAR
Solo: Wead
No man... nor any book, will ever teach me
What
I need to know
No man... nor any book, will ever teach me
What I'm longing
for
Only the creature... living inside of me
Could show me the meaning of
life I cannot let it show, NO ONE must ever know
The horror that lives so
deep within
Tucked away beneath my skin And it scares me, yes it scares
me
Crossroads
You are Selene, the moon in heaven
You are Persephone, Queen
of the Underworld
Hecate... darkness and terror of the night
Hecase... oh,
the crossroads are thine
You are Diana, you are the hunter of souls
The
dogs are howling, we dogs know when you approach Let us ride with a beast
tonight
Let us ride to the crossroads
Let us ride with a beast tonight, oh
let us ride
Solo: Shermann
At the crossroads,
they buried
criminals and suicides
At the crossroads, any traveller could lose a
life
A suitable place, for making a pact with the Devil
A suitable place,
for us to hold the sabbath Let us ride with a beast tonight
Let us ride to
the crossroads
Let us ride with a beast tonight
Let us ride in the dead of
night... Even you mortals can ride with her at night
And join the
night-flying demons, oh you and I
Listen to their tales of wandering
ghosts
Listen to their tales of forgotten times
Listen to their tales of
the crossroads
Listen to their tales of forgotten lives Oh Diana
Solo:
Wead
Hecate... darkness and
terror of the night
Hecate... oh, the
crossroads are thine
You are Diana, you are the hunter of souls
the dogs
are howling, we dogs know when you approach Let us ride with a beast
tonight
Let us ride to the crossroads
Let us ride with a beast
tonight
Let us ride in the dead of night... To the crossroads... to the
crossroads...
We ride to the crossroads, in search of your soul
We ride to
the crossroads, in search of your soul...