Midnight crawls across the graveyard gate Black roses bloom where the dead ones wait The moon hangs pale above the crypt While shadows gather, slowly, bit by bit Cold bells whisper from a broken tower Calling the dead at the midnight hour Ancient names beneath the stone Rise from the earth, but never alone The stone statues are dancing The stone statues are dancing With hollow eyes and marble faces They rise and move through forgotten places Candles burn with a crimson flame Every grave has forgotten its name A velvet darkness fills the air Something ancient is standing there The ancient vampire in a funeral shroud Walks through the tombs beneath the moonlit cloud With ancient eyes and a frozen stare He rules the darkness waiting there The stone statues are dancing The stone statues are dancing Around the chapel, around the grave While something wicked calls from beneath the nave Hear the wolves beyond the wall Hear the dead begin to call Hear the iron cemetery bell Ringing from a deeper hell Black wings circle over the crypt The final candle slowly slips Into the dark where shadows crawl And every statue hears the call Rise from the marble Rise from the clay Leave all your crosses And follow the way The moon is bleeding through the trees The graveyard moves upon its knees A thousand shadows cross the ground And ancient voices rise around The stone statues are dancing The stone statues are dancing Their frozen fingers touch the sky Their marble mouths begin to cry No priest can stop them No bell can save The ancient kingdom beneath the grave No morning comes No sunlight breaks The darkness feeds on every wake The stone statues are dancing The stone statues are dancing Round and round through the midnight rain Dead eyes burning without a name The ancient vampire begins to sing Deep in the crypt where the dead bells ring Black candles flicker, the shadows expand And ancient darkness covers the land The stone statues are dancing The stone statues are dancing Until the final bell is heard Until the grave itself speaks one last word Dance in the moonlight Dance with the dead Dance where the roses Grow black overhead The stone statues are dancing The stone statues are dancing And when the morning tries to rise The graveyard laughs beneath the skies The stone statues are dancing The stone statues are dancing Forever trapped in the midnight stone Dancing where the dead have made their home
