Shape shifting high and a haunting eye
Falling plastic and paper demons!
No trace of time I'm branded sly
I am you ghost master baby free me!

All you know is alone
You see a Phantom Stranger!
All you know is alone
You see a Phantom Stranger!

My sinister sounds sweep the grounds
Still born I lie beneath it
I throw it away the freaks all stay
Deformed and laughing screaming!

All you know, is alone
You see a Phantom Stranger!
All you know, is alone
You love my Phantom Stranger!

A wretched heart in the dark decay, dominate forever
Destroy the things you and see if I remember

All you know, is alone
You see a Phantom Stranger!
Down you go, all alone
You love my Phantom Stranger!


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Return of the Phantom Stranger Lyrics as written by Rob Wolfgang Zombie Rob Zombie

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    Could be that last one (Rob doesn't strike me as a Dungeons and Dragon kinda guy, cool as that idea is), though looking at it he could be writing about himself. "Shapeshifting high and a haunted eye" if you've ever seen Rob's artwork, both of those lines apply to it, usually strangely metaporphosed demons and other haunting figures. The second verse speaks of sinister sounds sweeping the grounds (which Rob does indeed make) though he's not really famous. A lot of people know his name, but he doesn't get mobbed like Ozzy or KoRn, so he kind of lies beneath his own fame. He throws away everything that made him famous, but still his fans stay. This is kinda repeated in the third verse, where he destroyed the things we love (White Zombie and their musical style), but sure of his fans loyalty ad his own skill that he won't need to cling to his old glory, or "see if I remember".

    Minister Wightyon March 15, 2005   Link

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