[Susan Foreman]

Continuing with the psychological horror trilogy, the next song is 'Steven'

The song starts with a looping piano that is both frightening and beautiful at the same time. Musically, it takes its cue from Mike Oldfield's 'Tubular Bells', or possibly something that Goblin would have done for a 70's Argento giallo. It starts as a ballad, with Alice singing like a child. After a while, though, the guitars kick in, and it turns into a hard rocker, with an utterly involved electric guitar solo

Alice Cooper - Vocals
Dick Wagner - Guitars
Steve (Deacon) Hunter - Guitars
Prakash John - Bass
Tony Levin - Bass
Whitey Glan - Drums
Johnny (Bee) Badanjek - Drums
Jozef Chirowski - Keyboards, Clavinet, Vocals, Fender Rhoads
Bob Ezrin - Keyboards, Fender Rhoads

09/11 - Steven (Cooper, Ezrin)



"I don't want to see you go
I don't even want to be there
I will cover up my eyes
And pray it goes away
You've only lived a minute of your life
I must be dreaming, please stop screaming

I don't like to hear you cry
You just don't know how deep that cuts me
So I will cover up my eyes
And it will go away
You've only lived a minute of your life
I must be dreaming, please stop screaming

Steven!
Steven!
I hear my name!
Steven!
Is someone calling me? I hear my name!
Steven!
That icy breath it whispers screams of pain!

I don't want to feel you die
But if that's the way that God has planned you
Well, I'll put pennies on your eyes
And, and it will go away
See?
You've only lived a minute of your life
I must be dreaming...

Steven....
Is someone calling me? No....
Steven....
I think I hear a voice---it's outside the door!
Steven!
I hear my name!
Steven!
Is someone calling me? I hear my name!
Steven!
What do you want?
Steven!
What do you want? What do you want? What do you want?

Steven!
Steven!
Steven!
I hear my name...."

This is followed by 'The Awakening', which again is very creepy

10/11 - The Awakening (Cooper, Wagner, Ezrin)



"I wake up in the basement
I'm so hungry
I'm dry
I must be here sleepwalking
Mustn't I?

Getting up from my easy chair looking for my wife
Following a trail of crimson spots that lead into the night
Suddenly I realize
I see it all through real eyes
These crimson spots are dripping from my hand
And, ooh, it makes me feel like a man"