Lyrics - Legend Of The Headless Rider by Mercyful Fate

(
Music by
Hank
Shermann
Lyrics by
King
Diamond) "
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 churchbell 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
WAYHe'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
Solo:
Shermann
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'schanging
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'schanging
Now my life is fading away
Solo:
Denner
Oh it's strange how everything'schanging
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???

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