| <King Diamond> page <The Complete Roadrunner Collection, 1986-1990 (CD 1: Fatal Portrait, 1986)> album page |
The Portrait"My mother was obsessed by evil jealousyShe 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" "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 life again" Oh Molly "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 see ma" |