Instrumental Intro
Verse 1
I moved into the old Kane house last fall
Cheap rent a crooked landlord never calls
The pipes hum a hymn that nobody wrote
Every door in the hallway opens on its own
Scratch marks climbing up the parlor wall
Pre-Chorus
So I laughed it off
Told my sister it was rats
Then the organ played itself
And I stopped believing that
Chorus
It's a scary night
Something's walking in the walls tonight
It's a scary night
Tiptoe tiptoe down the hall
It's a scary night
Don't you answer when it calls
It's a scary night
Post-Chorus
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Verse 2
The portrait in the stairwell blinked at me
Grandpa's clock struck thirteen after three
I hid underneath the quilt up to my chin
Something sat down on the mattress edge
And hummed a tune my mother used to sing
Pre-Chorus
I did not move
I did not breathe
Counted to eleven slow
Then it whispered back at me
Chorus
It's a scary night
Something's walking in the walls tonight
It's a scary night
Tiptoe tiptoe down the hall
It's a scary night
Don't you answer when it calls
It's a scary night
Post-Chorus
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Bridge
Run run running through the garden
Hide hide hiding by the gate
Pray pray praying that the morning
Comes before it's much too late
Breakdown
I called my brother on the telephone
The line went dead
The line went cold
Then a voice said welcome home
Chorus
It's a scary night
Something's dancing in the attic now
It's a scary night
Tiptoe tiptoe down the hall
It's a scary night
Every shadow knows my name
It's a scary night
Post-Chorus
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Outro
Turn the lamp on
Turn the lamp on
Nothing there
Nothing there
Just my chair
Just my chair
Instrumental Outro
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