Lyrics: (Devil's Workshop Version) He wants an altered state Inside the mansion walls She says she’d rather wait Yeah, for evening to fall But still the cap they ate And with a drink they chased The ghost that called
They went to celebrate They went to have a ball Everyone gathered at the gates But it wasn’t good at all The sky was turning grey They laughed a their mistake As their skin began to crawl
Hey, but it’s too late for to go back now They closed the gates and the scene was set Enter into His Kingly Cave Don’t worry the leopards won’t bite you Wipe that big tear away
See they got jumpsuits on the headless cast Polished jewels under two inch glass And bullet holes in Vernon’s room out back Don’t worry the posse won’t shoot you No more crying today
He’s tripping over graves As the rain begins to fall And finally they escape When the shuttle bus is called The mourners now abate As one begins to say I scream I scream for all
Hey, but it's too late for to go back now They closed the gates and the scene was set Enter into His Kingly Cave Don’t worry the leopards won’t bite you Wipe that big tear away
See they got jumpsuits on the headless cast Polished jewels under two inch glass And bullet holes in Vernon’s room out back Don’t worry the posse won’t shoot you No more crying today
He wants an altered state Inside the mansion walls She says she’d rather wait Yeah, for evening to fall But still the cap they ate And with a drink they chased The ghost that called
(SSMVGD Version) He wants an altered state Inside the mansion walls She says she¹d rather wait, yeah For evening to fall But still the cap they ate And with a drink they chased The ghost that called
They went to celebrate They went to have a ball Everyone gathered at the gates But it wasn't good at all A hilarious mistake The mood was grave Their skin began to crawl
Hey but it's too late for to go back now They closed the gates and the scene was set Enter into his kingly cave Don't worry the leopards won¹t bite you Wipe that big tear away
See they got jumpsuits on a headless cast Polished jewels under two-inch glass and Bullet holes in Vernon's room out back Don¹t worry the posse won't shoot you No more crying today
He's tripping over graves As rain begins to fall And finally they escape When the shuttlebus is called The silence now was great Until one mourner states, "I scream, I scream for all"
Hey but it's too late for to go back now They closed the gates and the scene was set Enter into his kingly cave Don't worry the leopards won't bite you Wipe that big tear away
See they got jumpsuits on a headless cast Polished jewels under two-inch glass Bullet holes in Vernon¹s room out back Don't worry the posse won't shoot you No more crying today
Hey but it's too late for to go back now Too late for to go back now Enter into his kingly cave
He wants an altered state Inside the mansion walls She says she'd rather wait, yeah For evening to fall (fade out)
Quotes: "[His Kingly Cave] is about Graceland. It's about a trip that I took to Graceland many years ago. I thought it would be fun to take hallucinogenic mushrooms while I was there. I was much younger than I am now. It's not something I would really do now. I was young and dumb and I went to Graceland with my girlfriend and we took mushrooms and it was a horrible and tense day. That's a telling of that day in that story." - Frank Black, Free Williamsburg, November 2002
