[Intro: King Diamond]
The shadows are thick and old
I'm searching the dark for my love
Behind the theater of puppet shows
I find the stairs to the cellar below

[Verse 1: King Diamond, Livia Zita]
Oh, hiding where the shadows rule
A door opens below
The moon is high above
Three hundred pounds of flesh, that woman I know
Woah, it's the Puppet Master's wife
She pulls a cart behind her
Oh, Emerencia
Where are you going with that knife?

[Guitar Solo: Mike Wead]

[Verse 2: King Diamond, Livia Zita]
Time to kill
It's time for her nightly thrill
Oh, Emerencia
Where are you going with that knife?

[Verse 3: King Diamond, Livia Zita]
Deep in the night through the narrowest streets
I follow her every step
She is searching for innocent victims
Oh, Emerencia
In an alley a homeless is sleeping
Approaching without a sound
And then, oh no
[Bridge 1: Livia Zita]
How strange it is to see a life that slips away
How strange it is in darkness, blood is black, not red

[Guitar Solo: Andy LaRocque]

[Bridge 2: King Diamond]
The knife is still deep in his chest
Gotta keep the blood in it's nest
She wraps him in the sack she brought
She better leave before she gets caught

[Verse 4: King Diamond, Livia Zita]
Through the streets, dark and old
Through the streets, no-one must know
Only the moon and I
And none of us will ever tell
She pulls the body off the cart
Back at the theater and down into the dark
Oh, Emerencia
I wonder why you left the door ajar

[Guitar Solo: Andy LaRocque]

[Outro: King Diamond]
Deep in the night through the narrowest hallways
I follow her every step
There's a light from a doorway ahead of us
Where did she go, where did she go? Oh no
What I see is a horror show, then the blow
Uuuuunnnggghhhhhh