When he died Turns out he left behind a mansion full of other people's skulls The odd thing is, they never found his own, when he died ♪ When he died He somehow left behind strange symbols on the floor beneath his corpse Investigators said the wood was scorched, when he died ♪ When he died they found so many scorpions inside his lungs When he died the statues of his missing children cried What was later found to be his blood ♪ When he died (On a dark and stormy night) They telephoned his wife (Who reacted with delight) But gradually her voice began to fade to nothing And the Laughing Record played The Laughing Record played ♪ When he died They found a message etched into his spine That said when he died an endless age of untold nightmares would be nigh And the blood would make the seas run red ♪ When he died (On a dark and stormy night) A nearby shed caught fire (It simply caught alight) And when they cleared the charred wood from the ground Inside they found a painting of a clown (A creepy painting of a clown) He'd painted it when he was just a child But scrawled upon the back was exactly when he died When he died, when he died, when he died, when he died