Label: Roadrunner Records
Release Year: 1987
Producer: King Diamond
Co-Producers: Mikkey Dee, Michael Denner
Cover: Thomas Holm, Torbjorn Jorgensen
1. Funeral
2. Arrival
3. Mansion In The Darkness
4. The Family Ghost
5. 7th Day of July 1777
6. Omens
7. The Possesion
8. Abigail
9. Black Horsemen
"We are gathered here tonight
To lay to rest Abigail la Fey
Whom we now know whas the first born dead
On the seventh day of July, 1777
Abigail must be nailed to her coffin with seven silver spikes
One through each arm, hand and knee
At let the last of the seven 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..."
"That must be it!"
Throught he Summer rain of 1845
The coach had finaly arrived.
To the valley where the crossroads meet below
And where all darkness seems to grow.
People blame it on the hill
The hill where no one dares to go
The Mansion...where no one dares to go.
The coach had stopped
And from the window you could see
Seven horsemen in the night.
Miriam Natias and Johnathan La Fey
Saw the magic in their eyes.
They were in for a suprise
Soon the darkness would be complete.
A horsemen came forth from the dark.
"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 18 is 9!
Johnathan laughed and said,
"Get out of my way. I don't believe a word you say"
The seven horsemen disappeared into the night
"Someday you'll need our help, my friend"
I think poor Johnathan was scared
18 is 9 it stuck in his mind.
Riding up the alley in the rain
No lights to show the way.
How could this ever be their home?
Through the darkness you could only see
A giant shadow that swells to be
A house where evil rules 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 its mark.
Armed with candlelight and open eyes
Through the dark they fought their way
'Til every room was lit again.
It seemed to be alive.
Yeah, the house began to breathe-alive.
As the candlelight began to fade
And Johnathan said, "Let's go to bed."
The fireplace had ceased to 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!
The darkness came closer to home
On the following night
And Miriam slept like a rock
When Johnathan'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 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"
"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 sarcophagus of a child!
"Abigail has been in here for years and years
Stillborn"
"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!"
Count de la Fey uncovered his cheating wife.
Nine 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 down the stairs to die
"No!" she cried
In 1777, on the seventh day of July
The Countess broke her neck
And the embryo came out dead.
Then he burned his beloved wife
And the embryo he gave a name
"Abigail, you must rest in shame
"Rest in shame!"
Obsessed with a strange idea
He wanted to mummify
The girl for the future to find
And he did.
So he pushed down the stairs to die
"No!" she cried
In 1777, on the seventh day of July
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
The table is set for three.
Oh, deadly omens!
Oh, deadly omens!
"Miriam, come here and see what I've found
It's Moving
An empty cradle swaying in the air!
I did not bring it in here, did you?"
"No, no, no!"
Oh, deadly omens!
Oh, deadly omens!
On the very next morning
When the mist was eaten away by the sun
Miriam grew hour by hour
And Johnathan cried
He knew the ghost had 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..."
But it wasn't love!
She was possessed...and he knew
"I will get what's rightfully mine!"
Speaking with different tongues
Miriam was eaten alive from inside
Again she said,
"I'm having your baby my love..."
But it wasn't love!
She was possessed...she was possessed!
"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..."
"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!"
"Oh Johnathan, this is Miriam!
Our time is out!
Remember the stairs, it's the only way!"
"Abigail!
Nothing I can do but give in Abigail..."
"Johnathan I agree...yes I do..."
"I am alive inside your wife.
Miriam's dead...I am her head...
Soon I'll be free!"
So, there they stood at the top of the stairs
Miriam in the mood.
Johnathan was scared.
Gazing into the dark, Johnathan saw this glow...
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.
Her 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 seven horsemen would arrive before dawn.
Servants of the Count
When Abigail was born for the first time
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 coffins waiting..."
The Black Horsemen
That's the end of another lullabye...
Time has come for me to say goodnight...
