When the Night Turns Red

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Lamplight dies on Maple Street

My boots hit the pavement twice as quick

Something breathing right behind my collar

And the air goes cold and thick

I count the doors I could knock on

I count the ones that stay shut

Every window's got a yellow eye

And a mouth that won't speak up

Pre-Chorus

Run run the corners bend

Run run the block won't end

Something's wearing my own shadow

Something's calling me a friend

Chorus

When the night turns red

The hungry ones come crawling out the drains

When the night turns red

They hum a hymn of everybody's names

Don't look back

Don't look down

Something's scratching at the pane

I'm a stranger in my own town

When the night turns red

Post-Chorus

Ooh ooh ooh

When the night turns red

Ooh ooh ooh

Verse 2

A figure by the laundromat unzips its grin

Its coat is made of other people's coats

I offer up a prayer I half remember

And it laughs and starts to float

My knees are doing math I never taught them

My tongue forgets the way to shout

The dark keeps folding over folding

And it will not spit me out

Pre-Chorus

Run run the corners bend

Run run the block won't end

Something's wearing my own shadow

Something's calling me a friend

Chorus

When the night turns red

The hungry ones come crawling out the drains

When the night turns red

They hum a hymn of everybody's names

Don't look back

Don't look down

Something's scratching at the pane

I'm a stranger in my own town

When the night turns red

Bridge

Flicker flicker goes the corner store

Flicker flicker and the lights are gone

Spinning spinning on a heel I wore

Spinning spinning till the fear is worn

Slower slower now my pulse obeys

Slower slower and it feels so sweet

I am not the one who runs away

I am not the one who has a heartbeat

Chorus

When the night turns red

The hungry ones come crawling out the drains

When the night turns red

They hum a hymn of everybody's names

Don't look back

Don't look down

Something's scratching at the pane

I'm a stranger in my own town

When the night turns red

Post-Chorus

Ooh ooh ooh

When the night turns red

Ooh ooh ooh