Horror Show



Sixth studio album 
Released 26. June 2001 by Century Media Records
Total time 130:00




DISC 1: (56:05)
Wolf
Damien
Jack
Ghost Of Freedom
Im-Ho-Tep (Pharaoh's Curse)
Jeckyll & Hyde
Dragon's Child
Frankenstein
Dracula
The Phantom Opera Ghost



DISC 2: (73:55)
Transylvania (bonus track)
Interview with Jon Schaffer (bonus track)




Wolf (5:20)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer

Innocence tainted by pure lunacy
Cursed by the slash of a shape-shifting beast
Oh no, this can't be
Demonic infection, a doomed changeling 
His future concealed as he begs to be told
A kiss from the gypsy, he'll never grow old
Oh no, this can't be
Demonic infection, a doomed changeling 

(chorus)
Even a man who's pure
And says his prayers by night
(He won't hear your prayers)
Man become a wolf
When the wolf bane blooms,
And the autumn moon is bright
(There's a full moon tonight)
Man may become a wolf 

He who is bitten by a wolf and lives
Possession soon follows, no use to resist
Oh no, this can't be
Cursed by the moonlight, a doomed changeling
The madness a turmoil that swells up inside
To truly find peace is to truly die
Oh no, this can't be
Cursed by the moonlight, a doomed changeling 

Now comes the rampage, a killing spree
Hunting his loved ones comes instinctively
Oh no, it's maddening
A shape-shifting demon of pure lunacy
A shot from the darkness tears through its flesh
A bullet of silver lays it to rest 

Oh no, it's maddening
An innocent victim finds his peace



Damien (9:11)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer

So the beast resides in me
Deep down I always knew
I never really did fit in
So diverse from all of you
Let him who comprehends
Know the number of the beast
It's a number of a man
A number just for me

As the boy becomes a man
Father's minions pave the way
Set in motion now, Armageddon,
Final conflict, end of days

I embrace the hounds of hell
And the power they oblige
For the task that lies ahead
The Nazarene I'll crucify
They'll see the raptures of our kingdom
They'll see the truth to mankind
I'll show what hell truly is
The monotony of their lives

(chorus)
When the Jews return to Zion
And a comet fills the sky
The Holy Roman Empire rises
And you and I must die
From the eternal sea he rises
Creating armies on either shore
Turning man against his brother
Till man exists no more

(bridge)
Now Disciples of the Watch
See your Prince of Darkness rise
Through famine and destruction
The Four Horsemen at my side
I demand a victory, I demand your sacrifice
Or spend all eternity
In the flaccid gut of Christ!

(recitative)
Nazarene, what can you offer to me?
Since the hour you vomited forth
From the gaping wound of a woman
You have done nothing
But drown man's soaring desires
In a deluge of sanctimonious morality
I was conceived of a jackal
Your pain on the cross was but a splinter
Compared to the agony of my father
I would drive deeper the thorns 
Into your rancid carcass
You profaner of vices

Cursed Nazarene, 
I will avenge thy torment



Jack (4:14)
Music : Jon Schaffer / Lyrics : Matt Barlow

I... I am a bastard son
Conceived of a hundred men
Now I'm the Chosen One
Back, looking back
Father William called me Johnny
But my mother called me Jack

I... I scream out to you
As I see them take you
Hell, it put me through
You... you gave me life
Then ripped out my emotion
And replaced it with a knife

I cut you once, I cut you twice
You're my midnight sacrifice
You shamed me... you shame God
You scream my name, and now you're gone

I've seen the rain wash over you a thousand times
Your flesh summons me 
God knows why
Repent your sins to me

Now... you're no different now
Still the same, the Devil's whore
Lilith on the prowl
I... I've got something for you
I know what real pain is
And you will too

I cut you once, I cut you twice
You're my midnight sacrifice
You shamed me... you shame God
You scream my name, now you're gone



Ghost Of Freedom (5:11)
Music : Jon Schaffer / Lyrics : Matt Barlow

Every time you think about it
It tears you up inside
You curse the day your mother told you
Your father died
Now you're always searching
You're searching for the reason why I've gone
But I will always be here by your side
Through the darkest night

Here I'll stand on the firing line
Here I'll walk through the field where I died
I will fight and let the voice ring true
I am the ghost
Standing next to you

Every night you go to sleep
You pray the Lord my soul to keep
You don't know I've not gone away
You see, I watch over fighting men
So they can have peace again
And maybe someday you will all be free

Here I'll stand on the firing line
Here I'll walk through the field where I died
I will fight and let the voice ring true
I am the ghost
Standing next to you

You speak to me
And I feel your pride
Assuring me I'll never die
I write mother:
"He's here with me
He's in our minds
He's in our souls
Of sacrifice his story's told
He holds the flame of freedom for all to see"

Here we stand on the firing line
Here I'll walk in the field where I fight
I will fight or die for liberty
With the ghost standing next to me

Don't tread on me... live free or die!
Don't tread on me... live free or die!

To our fallen brothers
You died to keep us free
For our fallen brothers
Who gave us liberty



Im-Ho-Tep (Pharaoh's Curse) (4:45)
Music : Jon Schaffer, Larry Tarnowski / Lyrics : Matt Barlow

Time is the bond of mortal life
Isis with the scroll of life
Raised her love Osiris from the dead
Live can transcend the mortal coil
With this script, the high priest of
The Pharaoh commits his sacrilege 
Death is but a threshold
To another life, you will arrive
With this power
You shall live again, there is no end
You'll live again...  

Love was the curse upon my soul
For it I would risk salvation
And utilize the scroll to save this one
Time is the sentence for my sin
Three thousand years my angry soul's
Been trapped inside this tomb of my condemn. 

Death is but a threshold
To another life, I will arrive
With this power
I shall live again, there is no end.
I'll live again 

Dawn shines a light on pain untold
Scarred from the millennia
The heart that beats inside my chest is cold
Rise, I'm rising from these sands of time
By the scarab's power I am given strength
With hate in hand, this misery I drink 

Death is but a threshold
To another life, I will arrive
And with this power
I shall live again, there is no end
This pain won't end 



Jeckyll & Hyde (4:39)
Music : Jon Schaffer / Lyrics : Matt Barlow

What's the reason for me to be this way?
I'm lying on the floor
I've broken through some door
I don't know how I came to this
There is blood lust in my eyes
And someone in my mind saying

I have forced you here
I'm hiding, right here inside you
Trapped in here so long
You'll find me growing in every man

Who is this that speaks to me?
Tearing down my mind
My reality
This must certainly be the one
What will I pay for this?
This evil synthesis!

I'm out of control
Evil takes my soul

I can feel you inside me
You're not stronger than me
I won't let you
No, you can't have me!

I won't let you destroy me
You took away my life
With your wicked seed
If you're able to take control
You'll bring damnation upon my soul



Dragon's Child (4:21)
Music : Jon Schaffer / Lyrics : Matt Barlow

Oh, beware the creature comes this way
Oh, beware it will take you away

Since the dawn of time, he's been here
Forgotten son, testing all our fears
Nature's mistake, he sees no end
The dragon's child, walks among man

For centuries past, many tribes know the tales
Of men not returning, when they've gone there
And those who've returned, can't describe what they've seen
Their hair has turned white, and they've gone insane

Oh, beware the blackend water
The creature has come to take you away
Oh, beware unholy water
On this dying day



Frankenstein (3:50)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer

A mastermind in the old watchtower
Prying eyes must never find.
Playing God in the final hour
Insanity, such a fine line
Overwhelmed by the mourning process
And the loss of his dearly loved
The doctor's work is now obsession
What is life? What's beyond?

He wants to know what it's like to be God
Creating life with his own hands
To reanimate lifeless tissues
The Devil's work, the doctor's plan
A man of wealth and a genius mind
A slave to passion and his morbid side
Robbing graves of the nearly dead
Erratic tendencies, a troubled mind 

I will create in my own image
If God can, then why can't I?
No thought of the consequences
I've got to know the meaning of life 

Lightning strikes, it's the witching hour
The monstrosity comes alive
A victim of man's vanity
Born in delirium, a deranged child
He turns his back on his own creation
Chaos ensues, the innocent die
Who's the monster?
Who's the victim? 

Crucify! 
Crucify!



Dracula (5:53)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer

Do you believe in love?
Do you believe in destiny?
True love may come only once in a thousand lifetimes...  
I too have loved... they took her from me.
I prayed for her soul... .I prayed for her peace 

When I close my eyes
I see her face, it comforts me
When I close my eyes
Memories cut like a knife 

The blood is the life, and Christ I defy.
My sworn enemy... birth of a new creed. 

Is this my reward for serving God's own war?
The blood I've spilled for faith fulfilled
To damn her, a disgrace, you spit back in my face
I served you loyally, and you spew blasphemy

I avenge with darkness, the blood is the life
The Order of the Dragon, I feed on human life 

There are far worse things awaiting man than death
Come taste what I have seen
I'm spreading my disease
I will feed upon His precious child
The human race will bleed, they will serve my need

(pre-chorus)
I avenge with darkness, the blood is the life
The Order of the Dragon, I feed on human life 

(chorus)
I am the Dragon of blood, a relentless prince of pain
Renouncing God on His throne
My blood is forever stained 

For true love I shall avenge
I defy the creed that damned her 



The Phantom Opera Ghost (8:41)
Music / Lyrics : Jon Schaffer

Christine : I feel you, from beyond the walls you speak to me
Phantom : Christine my love Paris now will worship you
You will star soon I'll kill to make it sure for you
Christine : Oh my love, won't you please show yourself to me
Phantom : Soon I'll take you in my kingdom you're the queen
It's dark and peaceful but my face you'll never see, no

Phantom : Oh Christine on this eve I will come for you
Christine : Erik my love, I've waited all my life for you
Please just take me I need to be with you
Phantom : Take my hand, through the catacombs my lair awaits
Christine : Caverns, mazes, the underworld and the blackest lake
Enticing danger, your passion feeds me I'm your slave

Christine : Now I've bathed in fear, I will not leave here
Phantom : Breathe deep the darkness, breathe deep the madness
Christine : I'm so cold inside, mental suicide
Phantom : Breathe deep the darkness, breathe deep the madness

Phantom : Oh Christine don't you know it's all for you
Carlotta's head and the other death's I planned
All for you, to have your night in the spotlight
From now on forevermore you will only sing for me

Christine : So you are, you are the legend, The Phantom Opera Ghost
Phantom : I am what man has made me with his hate and cruel ways
Christine : Why are you?
Phantom : Why am I?
Christine & Phantom : The Phantom Opera Ghost
Christine : I have to see
Phantom : You'll never see
Christine & Phantom : What's behind the mask

Christine : I'm so torn between love, death, life, and hate
Phantom : Don't you doubt me, what we have is just our fate
I now own you from this day forth you'll be my slave
Christine : Oh Dear God for this life I've lost the will
Phantom : No this can't be I'd rather you die than spoil my dream
Myself I'll kill if I can't have you no one will



Transylvania (4:29) (IRON MAIDEN cover)
©1980 Iron Maiden: Iron Maiden
(bonus on double CD Limited Edition of the album)

Music : Steve Harris

Instrumental



Interview with Jon Schaffer (69:26)
(bonus on double CD Limited Edition of the album)




Matt Barlow - lead vocal
Larry Tarnowski - lead guitar
Jon Schaffer - rhythm guitar, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocal, mandolin, keyboards
Steve DiGiorgio - bass
Richard Christy - drums

Guest:
Yun Hui Percifield - vocal in 'The Phantom Opera Ghost'