In Concert 1987 - Abigail

(Roadrunner, 1991)


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Original edition ('91)

  1. Funeral (1:56)
  2. Arrival (5:47) [Tablature]
  3. Come To The Sabbath (5:43) [Tablature]
  4. The Family Ghost (4:25)
  5. The 7th Day Of July 1777 (4:27)
  6. The Portrait (4:47)
  7. Guitar Solo Andy (3:19)
  8. The Posession (4:08)
  9. Abigail (4:28) [Tablature]
  10. Drum Solo (3:26)
  11. The Candle (6:01)
  12. No Presents For Christmas (4:22)

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Remastered edition ('97)

  1. Funeral (1:56)
  2. Arrival (5:47) [Tablature]
  3. Come To The Sabbath (5:43) [Tablature]
  4. The Family Ghost (4:25)
  5. The 7th Day Of July 1777 (4:27)
  6. The Portrait (4:47)
  7. Guitar Solo Andy (3:19)
  8. The Posession (4:08)
  9. Abigail (4:28) [Tablature]
  10. Drum Solo (3:26)
  11. The Candle (6:01)
  12. No Presents For Christmas (4:22)

The band's line-up on this album is:

Lyrics


Note: The original LP doesn't contain the lyrics - they are collected from the others for convenience.

Funeral

"We are gathered here tonight,
to lay to rest Abigail LaFey,
whom we now know
was first born dead
on The 7th Day of July 1777.

Abigail must be nailed to her coffin
with 7 silver spikes,
1 through each arm, hand and knee,
and let the last of the 7 be drawn through her mouth
so that she may never rise and cause evil again

Who will be the first?"

"I O'Brian of the Black Horsemen."

Arrival

"That must be it"

Through the summer rain of 1845
The coach had finally arrived
To the valley where the crossroads meet below
And where all darkness seems to grow
People blame it on the Hill
The hill where no one dares to go...
The Mansion

The coach had stopped and from the window you could see
7 horsemen in the night
Miriam Natias and Jonathan LaFey
Saw the magic in their eyes
They were in for a surprise
The darkness would soon be complete
A horseman came forth from the dark

"We know You've come to inherit what's Yours... The Mansion
Take our advise and go back on this night
If you refuse 18 will become 9... Oh No"
Oh 18 is 9

Jonathan laughed and said "Get out of My way"
"I don't believe a word You say"
The 7 horsemen disapeared into the night
and said "Someday You'll need our help my friend"

I think poor Jonathan was scared

18 is actually 9... It stuck in his mind

Come To The Sabbath

Come come to the Sabbath, down by the ruined Bridge
Witches and Demons are coming
Just follow the magic Call
Come come to the Sabbath, down by the ruined Bridge
Later on the Master will join us
Called from the Heart of Hell

At first we light up a Fire, and then we hail our Lord
Two Candles, a black and a white, are placed upon the Altar
North, South, East and West, and so we clean the Air
High Priestess invoking the Devil, infernal Names are spoken

Come to the Sabbath... Sabbath... Sabbath... Sabbath
Come to the Sabbath

The Ceremony's proceeding, it's Time to grant your Wishes
An Evil Curse on the Priest who took the Life of Melissa
Now we must close up the Ritual, read the Enochian Key
And so it will be done, Amen... now come

Come to the Sabbath... Sabbath... Sabbath... Sabbath
Come to the Sabbath... now here we come

If you say Heaven, I say a Castle of Lies
You say forgive him, I say Revenge
My sweet Satan, You are The One

The Family Ghost

The darkness came closer to home on the following night
And Miriam slept like a rock when Jonathan's face went white

The bedroom was ice cold
But the fire was burning still
The blinding light
The Family Ghost had risen again... The Ghost

"Don't be scared, Don't be scared now My Friend
I am Count de LaFey
Let me take You to the crypt down below
Where Abigail rests"

"Let Miriam sleep
She never would understand
Now come let us go... It's time to know"

"Beware of the slippery stairs
You could easily fall and break Your neck
Hand me that torch and I will lead the way
To the secret in the dark
Take a look into the vault, the Vault
The sarcophagus... of a child
Abigail has been in here for years and years
stillborn", Born... Born... Born

"The spirit of Abigail is inside Your Wife
and there's only one way You can stop the rebirth of evil itself
You must take her life now"

The 7th Day Of July 1777

Count de LaFey uncovered his cheating Wife
9 months of loving and sharing
Oh it was a bastard child
How could he have been so blind

"No bastard baby
will inherit what's mine"
Another one of her affairs
had left him in despair

So he pushed her down the stairs
to die... "No" She cried
In 1777, on the 7th Day of July

The Countess broke her neck and the embryo came out dead
The he burned his beloved Wife
and the embryo he gave a name
"Abigail You must rest in shame" Rest in shame

Obsessed
With a strange idea
He wanted to mummify
The girl for the future to find... and he did

So he pushed her down the stairs
To die... "No" She cried
In 1777, on the 7th Day of July

The Portrait

The Spirit Of The Candle:

"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"

"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 Se Ma"

Guitar Solo Andy

(Instrumental)

The Possesion

On the very next morning
When the mist was eaten away by the sun
Miriam grew hour by hour and
Jonathan he cried
He knew the ghost had been telling the truth
So this was 9
The pregnancy would not last overnight

Oh she started singing
A lullaby, rocking the cradle again
And then she said
"I'm having Your baby my love... love"
But it wasn't love, Oh no
She was possessed... and he knew

"I will get what is rightfully mine"

Speaking with different tongues
Miriam was eaten alive from inside
Again she said
"I'm having Your baby my love... love"
But it wasn't love, Oh no
She was possessed... possessed

Abigail

"Abigail, I know You're in control of her brain, Abigail
And I know that You're the one that's speaking through her, Abigail
Miriam can You hear me"

"I am alive inside Your Wife
Miriam's dead, I am her head... "

"Abigail, don't You think I know what You've done, Abigail
I'll get a priest, he will know
How to get her soul back"

"Oh Jonathan, this is Miriam
Our time is out
Remember the stairs, it's the only way"

"Abigail, nothing I can do but give in, Abigail"

"Jonathan, I agree... Yes I do"

"I am alive inside Your Wife
Miriam's dead, I am her head... soon I'll be free!!!"

Drum Solo

(Instrumental)

The Candle

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

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

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

No Presents For Christmas

Christmas time is here again
Santa needs a helping hand
We cannot his evil sheet
To draw his laying for the night
So all the waiting christmas trees
Gonna hear their master sing....

There's no presents, Not this Christmas
There's no presents
Tom and Jerry, Drinking Sherry
They don't give a damn

Christmas time is here again
Santa needs a helping hand
It's getting very, very late
St-Peter's crossed the Golden Gate
An Donald Duck is still in bed
I wonder who he's gonna help

There's no presents, Not this christmas
There's no presents
Tom and Jerry, All done Sherry
They don't give a damn

There's no presents, Not this Christmas
There's no presents
Tom and Jerry, Still Drinking Sherry
They don't give a damn

I'm dreaming of a white.... Sabbath....


Paweł Więcek <coven@vmh.net>
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