Don't Turn Around ^_^

Absolutely! 😄 The **Stalker** is a great choice because we can make the song feel much more tense and paranoid—like you're never quite sure whether you've actually seen him, or whether he's been watching you the entire time.

# **The Stalker — Don't Turn Around**

**[Verse 1]**

The hallway stretches past the light,

The hospital is still tonight.

A broken monitor starts to glow,

Then something moves where I can't go.

I hear a footstep down the hall,

Then nothing—nothing there at all.

I tell myself it's just the sound

Of old machines beneath the ground.

I keep on walking, don't look back,

There's something moving through the black.

A shadow disappears from view…

**Was it watching me, or did I watch it too?**

**[Pre-Chorus]**

The lights go out.

I hold my breath.

Three slow footsteps…

**Nothing left.**

Then from behind me, soft and low—

**Something whispers, “Don't you know?”**

**[Chorus]**

**Don't turn around, don't make a sound,**

**The Stalker might be somewhere around.**

You never see them when you look,

They're always gone before you could.

**Don't turn around, just keep your eyes ahead,**

**Ignore the footsteps following your every step.**

Are they hunting me tonight…

Or have they been there

**The whole damn time?**

**[Verse 2]**

A door is open that was locked,

The clock has stopped at three o'clock.

There's something scratched into the wall,

A warning where the shadows crawl.

I hear the breathing once again,

It stops whenever I turn my head.

I check the cameras one by one…

**And see myself—but no one else is on.**

The hallway camera flickers white,

A figure stands beneath the light.

I blink once—

The screen goes black.

Then something knocks behind my back.

**[Pre-Chorus]**

One knock.

Two knocks.

Three in time.

Something's standing on the other side.

I reach for the handle…

The footsteps flee.

But when I turn around—

**They're looking straight at me.**

**[Chorus]**

**Don't turn around, don't make a sound,**

**The Stalker might be somewhere around.**

You never see them when you look,

They're always gone before you could.

**Don't turn around, just keep your eyes ahead,**

**Ignore the footsteps following your every step.**

Are they hunting me tonight…

Or have they been there

**The whole damn time?**

**[Verse 3]**

The animal wards are empty now,

The cages sway without a sound.

A trail of muddy footprints leads

Straight through the place where no one sleeps.

I follow them beneath the light,

They disappear before my eyes.

Then on the glass I see a shape…

**But there's nobody standing in the space.**

I hear a breathing in my ear,

A voice I wish I couldn't hear:

**“You shouldn't have come this far.”**

The lights turn red.

The doors lock tight.

And something starts to run behind me.

**[Bridge]**

Maybe they're a monster.

Maybe they're a man.

Maybe they're protecting

Something no one can understand.

Maybe they were trapped here.

Maybe they chose to stay.

Maybe every person missing

Was just someone in their way.

I don't know what they want from me.

I don't know why they follow.

Then I hear them whisper—

**“You're not alone.”**

I turn around.

**They're gone.**

But their shadow isn't.

**[Final Chorus]**

**Don't turn around, don't make a sound,**

**The Stalker is already here now.**

They're in the halls, they're in the walls,

They're in the darkness when the last light falls.

**Don't turn around, whatever you do,**

Because if you see them…

**They might see you.**

Are they hunting me tonight?

Or was I walking through their world

**The entire time?**