The Invisible Guests
King Diamond Lyrics


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Late that night I awoke from my sleep
Hearing unknown voices laughing
Insane
Grandma was one, oh it's coming
From the room next to mine

It's grandma room the invisible
Guests

As I stood there alone in the dark
Peeking through the keyhole, couldn't
Believe my eyes
I'd never seen anything like it, only
Grandma was inside the room

Speaking to no one the invisible
Guests

Cups were rising in thin air and then
Emptied on the floor
Suddenly the door was open and
Grandma' said
"Do come in my little friend"

Missy and mother were sleeping
Downstairs
If they could see me in grandmother's
Chair

Grandmother said "look me deep in
The eyes
You will forget what you saw here
Tonight"

"I will let you in on the secret of this
House
The secret of amon that's what we
Call this house
Now I want you to go back to sleep
Now go back to sleep my dear"

The invisible guests

Cups were rising in thin air and then
Emptied on the floor
Suddenly the door was open and
Grandma said
"Now you must go back to sleep"

"Go to sleep"
"Go to sleep"
"Go to sleep"

Missy and mother were sleeping
Downstairs




If they could see me in grandmother's
Chair

Overall Meaning

The song "The Invisible Guests" by King Diamond narrates the experience of the singer who wakes up in the middle of the night to strange and unknown voices laughing. As he looks through the keyhole of his grandmother's room, he sees that she is in the room, talking to "the invisible guests." The guests, though not seen by the singer, are causing cups to rise in thin air and then falling to the floor.


The grandmother invites him into the room and tells him the secret of the house. The secret of the house is referred to as the "secret of Amon." The grandmother then hypnotizes him and tells him to go back to sleep. The singer is left wondering about the events that just transpired in his grandmother's room and whether it was all just his imagination.


The lyrics are open to various interpretations, but they seem to address themes of supernatural occurrences in a house and hypnosis. The invisible guests could be seen as representations of spirits or ghosts or something more abstract. The grandmother's hypnotism represents a desire to control events and the singer's mind. The song, like many of King Diamond's songs, conjures up a sense of horror and unease in the listener.


Line by Line Meaning

Late that night I awoke from my sleep
In the middle of the night, the singer woke up.


Hearing unknown voices laughing
The singer heard strange laughter coming from nearby.


Insane
The laughter was inexplicable and seemed crazy.


Grandma was one, oh it's coming
The laughter was coming from the room next to the artist's, and they recognized their grandmother's laughter.


From the room next to mine It's grandma room the invisible Guests
The laughter was coming from the invisible guests who were visiting the grandmother's room.


As I stood there alone in the dark Peeking through the keyhole, couldn't Believe my eyes I'd never seen anything like it, only Grandma was inside the room
The singer peeked through the keyhole and saw something unbelievable; only their grandmother was in the room, even though they could hear multiple laughing voices.


Speaking to no one the invisible Guests
The grandmother was talking to the invisible guests, who couldn't be seen by the singer.


Cups were rising in thin air and then Emptied on the floor
The invisible guests were causing cups to levitate in the air and then drop onto the floor.


Suddenly the door was open and Grandma' said "Do come in my little friend"
The grandmother opened the door and invited the artist inside.


Missy and mother were sleeping Downstairs If they could see me in grandmother's Chair
The artist was worried that their mother and sister would be alarmed if they knew they were sitting in the grandmother's chair.


Grandmother said "look me deep in The eyes You will forget what you saw here Tonight"
The grandmother told the singer to look into her eyes and promised they would forget what they had seen that night.


"I will let you in on the secret of this House The secret of amon that's what we Call this house Now I want you to go back to sleep Now go back to sleep my dear"
The grandmother revealed that the house has a secret name, but asked the artist to go back to sleep and forget everything they had witnessed.


The invisible guests
The unseen visitors to the grandmother's room who caused the cups to levitate.


Suddenly the door was open and Grandma said "Now you must go back to sleep"
The grandmother opened the door again and instructed the singer to go back to bed.


"Go to sleep" "Go to sleep" "Go to sleep"
The grandmother repeated the command to sleep multiple times.


Missy and mother were sleeping Downstairs If they could see me in grandmother's Chair
The artist was still concerned someone would find them sitting in the grandmother's chair.




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Kim Bendix Petersen

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