Fatal Portrait

(music: michael denner & king diamond; lyrics: king diamond)

Welcome my friend, my name is charon
Please take my hand, i know the secret land

Don't be afraid...oh no
I'm faceless but don't fear now
I'll take you safe across the river styx

Waste no time, soon the night will break away
That boy can wait, there's only room for one

Don't be afraid...oh no
I'm faceless but don't fear now
I'll take you safe across the river styx
Solo: andy
I am your death
We must leave now, my boat is waiting
On the other shore is the land of the dead

Don't be afraid...oh no
I'm faceless but don't fear now
I'll take you safe across the river styx
Solo: mike

(music & lyrics: king diamond)

"after 7 years on a dusty shelf
The book seemed unreal
For 7 years in an ancient rhyme
The fate of a girl was sealed"

In the attic i was searching by the moonlight
What would i find
Old and grey from dust i felt it staring back
Oh that book

Yellow pages caught my eyes, so unreal
Through the dust of time
In an ancient rhyme the truth had been sealed
On a broken shelf it would all be revealed
It had been there for years
And no one ever knew

Now break the spell and free the girl
From the candle of fate
Look at the flame and say the rhyme
The end is near, no more pain, ah you're free
Solo: mike - andy
As the candle melts away the spirit of the candle girl
Emerges from the flame, she doesn't seem the sme
With a smile on her face she starts to speak
"hear my story:"

(music & lyrics: king diamond)

From "the book of jonah"

"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

(music & lyrics: king diamond)

The spirit of the candle:

Theme: mike
"my mother was obsessed by evil jealousy
She didn't want nobody to even look at molly
She kept me locked up in this attic 'till i died
Only 4 years old, my story left untold"
Oh molly...oh molly

"mother was struck by this infallible idea
If she could paint my portrait i would remain immortal
And i could hang downstairs above the fireplace
A little girl in lace, not a single trace of crime"
Solo: andy
"each day and night she worked and autumn turned to spring
For every stroke she painted a little life was ended
At last i felt so weak i could not even speak
But in that fatal portrait my spirit came to lfe again"

Oh molly
Solo: mike - theme: mike
"that night i made the portrait speak in evil tongue:
You're gonna go beyond too, may pain and death bestow you
She grabbed a book and spoke aloud an ancient rhyme
While she burned the portrait in the candle of fate"
Oh molly

"i've gotta se ma"