Catacomb
King Diamond

Down into the dark I go, armed with just a candle and then my soul
Cryptic messages written on the floor
Rats are nibbling at my feet, I send one off to nevermore
Too much darkness, spiders on my eyes
Webs are hanging from my thighs, the fatter ones must die
I see shadows walking straight and tall
I don't know how they move, dancing on the walls
Presence of fear, a presence so near
I wonder what could be so powerful beyond the dark
Human bones... in little chambers all along the narrow halls
Catacomb, death over life... Catacomb, am I here to die?
I see a light, I push some bones aside
Down into the dark I go, another chamber, a chamber with a glow
Could this be a doorway to another world?
Or darkness playing tricks, with my little mind?
The virgin Mary is standing tall
A full size figure carved in wood up against the wall
Her face is peeling from all the years gone by
Is it just a statue, or is it what I'm looking for?
I break her face and see another one instead
The mummy's face appears as the bandages they fall
Dried out face with hate upon me gaze
How grotesque... the mummy wears a crown of thorns
From the empty sockets where its eyes should be
An entity of light is pouring out towards me
And then the sound... Jesus Christ,what have they done to you?
I'm running for my life, I'm running from the night
But it's so hard to breathe, the stench down here is much too much
Satan help me, help me God
Help me anyone, anyone who hears my cry of fear
Cold winds from far beyond the dark
Chasing through the catacomb and breathing down my neck
Human bones... in little chambers all along the narrow halls
Catacomb, death over life... Catacomb, am I here to die?
I know I'm here to die


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  'loa' House   \   \"LOA\" House   & Quot;Amon & Quot;Belongs To & Quot;Them & Quot ;   & Quot;Loa & Quot;House   & Quot;Amon & Quot;Belongs to & Quot;T...   & Quot;Loa & Quot;House   "Amon" Belongs To "Them"   "loa" House   1642 Imprisonment   A Broken Spell   A Corpse Without Soul   A Dangerous Meeting   A Mansion in Darkness   A Mansion In Darkness^ (4:33)   A Mansion In Sorrow   A Secret   A Visit From The Dead   Abigail   Abigail (4:52)   Aftermath   Amon Belongs To Them   Arrival   Arrival (5:26)   At The Graves   Behind These Walls   Black Devil   Black Hill Sanitarium   Black Horseman   Black Horsemen   Black Horsemen (7:39)   Black of Night   Blood To Walk   Blue Eyes   Broken Glass   Burn   Bye Bye Missy   Cellar   Charon   Christmas   Cold As Ice   Come Home   Come To The Sabbath   Coming Home   Cremation   Cross Of Baron Samedi   Crypt   Curse of the Pharaohs   Daddy   Darkness   Dead   Devil Eyes   Digging Graves   Doomed By The Living Dead   Dreams   Dressed In White   Eastmann's Cure   Eastmann's Cure   Emerencia   Evil   Eye Of The Witch   Father Bicard   Father Picard   Floating Head   Follow The Wolf   Foreword   From The Other Side   Funeral   Funeral (1:29)   Girl in the Bloody Dress   Give Me Your Soul   Goodbye   Gypsy   Halloween   Haunted   Heads on The Wall   Help!!!   House of God   I Am   I'm Not a Stranger   I'm Not A Stranger   If They Only Knew   Insanity   Into The Convent   Introductions   Is Anybody Here?   Just a Shadow   Killer   Let It Be Done   Lies   Life After Death   Little One   Living Dead   Living Dead (Outro)   loa House   Louisiana Darkness   Lucy Forever   Lurking In The Dark   Magic   Meet Me at Midnight   Midnight   Miriam   Mirror Mirror   Mommy   Moonlight   More Than Pain   Mother's Getting Weaker   Mother's Getting Weaker   Moving On   Never Ending Hill   No More Me   No Presents for Christmas   No Presents for Christmas [*]   Nuns Have No Fun   Omens   Omens (3:56)   One Down Two To Go   Out From The Asylum   Passage To Hell   Peace of Mind [Instrumental]   Phone Call   Pictures In Red   Room 17   Salem   Sarah's Night   Sarah's Night   Sending Of Dead   Sending To Dead   Shapes of Black   Shrine   Six Feet Under   Sleep Tight Little Baby   Sleepless Nights   Slippery Stairs   So Sad   Something Weird   Something Weird [Instrumental]   Sorry Dear   Sorry Dear (Outro)   Spare This Life   Spare This Life (Intro)   Spirits   Sweet Dreams   Tea   The 7th Day of July 1777   The 7th Day Of July 1777^ (4:51)   The Accusation Chair   The Candle   The Cellar   The Crypt   The Curse   The Dead   The Exorcist   The Family Ghost   The Family Ghost (4:05)   The Floating Head   The Girl In The Bloody Dress   The Graveyard   The Invisable Guests   The Invisible Guests   The Jonah   The Lake   The Lake [*]   The Meetings   The Pact   The Poltergeist   The Portrait   The Possesion   The Possesion^^ (3:25)   The Possession   The Puppet Master   The Ritual   The Shrine   The Spider's Lullabye   The Spider's Lullabye   The Storm   The Trees Have Eyes   The Trial   The Trial (Chambre Ardent)   The Trial (Chambre Ardente)   The Wedding Dream   The Wheelchair   Them   This Place is Terrible   To The Morgue   To whom it may concern   To Whom It May Concern.   Trick or Treat   Twilight Symphony   Two Little Girls   Unclean Spirits   Up from The Grave   Upon The Cross   Victimized   Voices from the Past   Voodoo   Waiting   Welcome Home   Whispers

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