Lyrics
/ K /King Diamond / ABIGAIL(1987)
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1. FUNERAL (Diamond)..............................................01:29
2. ARRIVAL (Diamond)..............................................05:26
3. A MANSION IN DARKNESS (La Rocque/Diamond)......................04:33
4. THE FAMILY GHOST (Diamond).....................................04:05
5. THE 7th DAY OF JULY 1777 (La Rocque/Diamond)...................04:51
6. OMENS (Diamond)................................................03:56
7. THE POSSESSION (Denner/Diamond)................................03:25
8. ABIGAIL (Diamond)..............................................04:52
9. BLACK HORSEMEN (Diamond).......................................07:39
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KING DIAMOND -- All Vocals
MICHAEL DENNER -- Lead Guitar
MIKKEY DEE -- Drums
ANDY LA ROCQUE -- Lead Guitar
TIMI HANSEN -- Bass Guitar
Keyboard effects: Roberto Falcao
Additional guitar production: Andy La Rocque
Produced by King Diamond
Assisted by Michael Denner and Mikkey Dee
Engineered by Roberto Falcao
1987. December - January - February
Front cover by Studio Ozyan, Thomas Holm and Torbjorn Jorgenson
Fotos by Jorgen Bar and Ole Lindgren
MAIN CHARACTERS :
JONATHAN LA FEY (age 27)
MIRIAM NATIAS (age 18)
ABIGAIL
Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales
is entirely coincidental
FUNERAL
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"We are gathered here tonight
to lay to rest Abigail La Fey,
Whom we no know
was first born dead
on the 7th Day of July 1777.
Abigail must be nailed to her coffin
with 7 silver spikes,
1 through each arm, hand and knee,
and let the last of the 7 be drawn through
her mouth
so that she may never rise and cause evil
again.
Who will be the first?"
"I, O'Brian of the Black Horsemen"
ARRIVAL
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LEAD INTRO: MIKE
"That must be it"
THEME: ANDY - SOLO: MIKE
Through the summer rain of 1845
the coach has finally arrived
to the valley where the cross-roads meet
below
and where all the darkness seems to grow
people blame it on the Hill
the hill where no one dares to go...
The Mansion
The coach had stopped and from the
window You could see
7 Horsemen in the night
Miriam Natias and Jonathan La Fey
saw the magic in their eyes
they were in for a surprise
the darkness would soon be complete
a Horseman came forth from the dark
SOLO: ANDY
"We know You've come to inherit What's
Yours...The Mansion
Take our advice and go back on this night
if you refuse 18 will become 9..Oh No"
Oh, 18 is 9
THEME: ANDY - SOLO: MIKE
Jonathan laughed and said "Get out of
My way"
"I don't believe a word You say"
The 7 Horsemen disappeared into the night
and said "Someday You'll need our help
my friend"
I think poor Jonathan was scared
18 is actually 9...It stuck in his mind
SOLO: ANDY
A MANSION IN DARKNESS
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THEME: ANDY
Riding up the valley in the rain
no light to show the way
how could this ever be their home
through the darkness You could only see
a giant shadow which was to be
a house where evil ruled at night
And the shadows at the gate, they seemed
to be alive
Yeah the shadows at the gate, Alive
Everything inside was left untouched
except for what the rats had got
and the dust of time that showed it's mark
armed with candlelight and open eyes
through the dark they fought their way
till every room was lit again..Again
And the house began to breathe,
it seemed to be alive
Yeah the house began to breathe, Alive
THEME AND SOLO: ANDY
As the candlelight began to fade
and Jonathan said: "Let's go to bed"
the fireplace had ceased to burn..Burn
Both were fast asleep before the dawn,
Dreaming..Dreaming
and they did not know about the shadow
Yeah the shadow on the wall, it really came
alive
Yeah the shadow on the wall, Sunrise!
SOLO: MIKE
THEME AND SOLO: ANDY
THE FAMILY GHOST
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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 La Fey
Let me took 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, secret in the dark
take a look into the vault, the Vault
The sarcophagus..of a child
Abigail has been here for years and years
stillborn", Born..Born..Born
"The spirit of Abigail is inside Your Wife
and there is only one way You can stop the
rebirth of evil itself
You must take her life now"
THE 7th DAY OF JULY 1777
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ACC. GUITAR: ANDY
Count De La Fey uncovered his cheating
Wife
9 months of loving and sharing
Oh it was a bastard child
how could he have been so blind
"No bastard baby
will inherit what's mine"
Another one of her affairs
had left him in despair
So he pushed her down the stairs
to die.. "No" She cried
In 1777, on the 7th day of July
The Countess broke her neck and the
embrio came out dead
Then he burned his beloved Wife
and the embrio he gave a name
"Abigail You must rest in shame" Rest in
shame
SOLO: ANDY
Obsessed
with a strange idea
he wanted to mummify
the girl for the future..and he did
SOLO: MIKE
So he pushed her down the stairs
to die.."No" She cried
In 1777, on the 7th day of July
OMENS (The love song of Hank Sherman)
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Nobody's inside the church but the bell is
ringing
for no reason the flowers are dying
Oh, Deadly Omens
Oh, Deadly Omens
Inside the mansion the air is unbearable,
a rotten smell
in the dining room the table is set for 3
Oh, Deadly Omens
Oh, Deadly Omens
SOLO: MIKE - SOLO: ANDY
"Miriam come here and see what I've found,
it's moving
and empty cradle swaying in the air
I did not bring it here, now did You?"
"No No No"
Oh, Deadly Omens
Oh, Deadly Omens
THE POSSESSION
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On the very next morning
When the mist was eaten way by the sun
Miriam grew hour by hour and
Jonathan he cried
He know the ghost has been telling the
truth
So this was 9
The pregnancy would not last overnight
Oh she started singing
a lullaby, rocking the cradle again
and then she said
"I'm having Your baby my love..love"
but it wasn't love, Oh No
she was possessed...and he knew
SOLO: MIKE
"I will get what is rightfully mine"
SOLO: ANDY
Speaking with different tongues
Miriam was eaten alive from inside
again she said
"I'm having Your baby my love..love"
but it wasn't love, Oh No
she was possessed..possessed...
ABIGAIL
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"Abigail, I know You're in control of her
brain, Abigail
and I know that You're the one that's
speaking through her, Abigail
Miriam can You hear me",
"I am alive inside Your Wife
Miriam's dead, I am her head..."
SOLO: MIKE
"Abigail, don't You think I know what
You've done, Abigail
I'll get a priest, he will know
how to get her soul back"
THEME: MIKE
"Oh Jonathan, this is Miriam
our time is out
remember the stairs, it's the only way"
SOLO: MIKE - SOLO: ANDY
"Abigail, nothing I can do but give in,
Abigail
follow me to the crypt
Abigail, You ought to be reborn where You
died, Abigail"
"Jonathan, I agree...Yes I do"
"I am alive inside Your Wife
Miriam's dead, I am her head...soon
I'll be free!!!"
BLACK HORSEMEN
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SOLO: MIKE
So there they stood at the top of the stairs
Miriam in the mood, Jonathan was scared
gazing into the dark, Jonathan saw the star
for a second he turned his back
and she was there like a ghost
she pushed him hard and clean
to the bottom of the stairs
"Now we're finally alone, Miriam
Abigail is here to stay"
The birth of Abigail would soon be realized
the second coming of a devil in disguise
and the moon did not shine
it was darker than ever before
On this sacred night
the soul of Miriam was crying out in pain
remembering the day, arrival in the rain
The pain of labor was so strong that
Miriam died
the final seeing was a pair of yellow eyes
You can still hear her screaming
if You're walking the stairs in July
Riding from beyond
The 7 Horsemen would arrive before the
dawn
servants of the Count when Abigail was
born the first time
SOLO: ANDY
Oh No...they found her in the
sarcophagus
Baby Abigail was eating, Oh I cannot tell
You
"Take her...and bring her
to the chapel in the forest
So Go now...The ceremony
and the coffin's waiting"
The Black Horsemen
That's the end of another lullaby
Time has come for me to say Goodnight.
SOLO: MIKE