Halloween’s Here

[Intro — whispered] Yeah... Midnight. No lights.

Keep your eyes on the shadows.

[Verse 1] Moonlight drips cold on the cracked-up street,

Fog rolls in while the drums go boom-boom-beat.

Jack-o'-lantern grins with a flame in its jaw,

Black cats slip by and the night holds its breath.

Footsteps behind me, I pick up the pace,

Streetlight flickers—there's nobody there.

Old house groans like it's waking from sleep,

Bass line knocks and the floorboards creak.

[Pre-Chorus] Clock strikes twelve, hear the whole block freeze,

Wind says my name through the dead autumn leaves.

Masks hide faces, but the dark sees through—

Tell me, little ghost, who's haunting who?

[Chorus] Graveyard bass, let the whole night shake,

Cold wind howls and the dead awake.

Hands up high when the shadows come through—

Halloween's here, and it's coming for you.

Graveyard bass, hear the tombstones move,

Moon goes black when the monsters groove.

One more step and the fog rolls through—

Halloween's here, and it's coming for you.

[Verse 2] Witches draw circles in the ash on the ground,

Crows take flight when the beat comes around.

Candy bag rustles, then the sound cuts dead,

Two glowing eyes at the foot of the bed.

No blade, no blood—just a chill in the air,

A whisper slips down from the top of the stairs.

The crew in costume keeps dancing outside,

While something unseen takes a slow midnight ride.

[Pre-Chorus] Clock strikes twelve, hear the whole block freeze,

Wind says my name through the dead autumn leaves.

Masks hide faces, but the dark sees through—

Tell me, little ghost, who's haunting who?

[Chorus] Graveyard bass, let the whole night shake,

Cold wind howls and the dead awake.

Hands up high when the shadows come through—

Halloween's here, and it's coming for you.

Graveyard bass, hear the tombstones move,

Moon goes black when the monsters groove.

One more step and the fog rolls through—

Halloween's here, and it's coming for you.

[Bridge — half-time] Knock at the door—no one in sight.

Three slow taps in the dead of the night.

Turn that key, but the lock won't move...

Then the whole house starts to groove.

[Final Chorus] Graveyard bass, let the whole night shake,

Cold wind howls and the dead awake.

Hands up high when the shadows come through—

Halloween's here, and it's coming for you.

[Outro — whispered] The beat stops...

The footsteps don't.

[Verse 3] Fog on the glass, draw a face with my thumb,

Candle burns down and the doorway hums.

Somebody's laughing from the top of the stairs,

I count the steps but there's nobody there.

Violin saws through the black of the yard,

Cut the tape up, let it scratch like a scar.

Two turntables, one hand on the cross,

Pull the ghost back every time it gets lost.

[Pre-Chorus] Clock strikes one, now the whole block bends,

Every shadow wearing somebody's skin.

Masks come off when the moon goes dim—

Tell me, little ghost, who let you in?

[Chorus] Graveyard bass, let the whole night shake,

Cold wind howls and the dead awake.

Hands up high when the shadows come through—

Halloween's here, and it's coming for you.

Graveyard bass, hear the tombstones move,

Moon goes black when the monsters groove.

One more step and the fog rolls through—

Halloween's here, and it's coming for you.

[Drop] Dead awake, dead awake,

Let the whole night shake.

Dead awake, dead awake,

(Coming for you)

Dead awake, dead awake,

Let the whole night shake.

Dead awake, dead awake,

(Coming for you)

[Verse 4] Broom on the porch, it keeps sweeping alone,

Pumpkin guts rot where the wind gets cold.

Somebody's name carved deep in the tree,

The bark bleeds slow and it spells out me.

Carriage rolls by with no driver, no horse,

East coast drums and a west coast force.

Break the beat down 'til it's bones and dust,

Then the needle drops and the whole thing busts.

[Pre-Chorus] Clock strikes two, hear the gravestones click,

Every kid in a sheet got a trick.

Fog gets thick and the fence gets thin—

Tell me, little ghost, who let you in?

[Chorus] Graveyard bass, let the whole night shake,

Cold wind howls and the dead awake.

Hands up high when the shadows come through—

Halloween's here, and it's coming for you.

Graveyard bass, hear the tombstones move,

Moon goes black when the monsters groove.

One more step and the fog rolls through—

Halloween's here, and it's coming for you.

[Bridge — half-time] Scratch that scream, pull it back, let it hang.

Needle on the bone, hear the whole block bang.

One hand up, one hand on the fader—

Ghost in the booth, ain't nobody safer.

[Guitar Solo] [Verse 5] Church bell swings but it don't make a sound,

Crows on the wire keep facing the ground.

Somebody's shadow walks three steps behind,

I turn around—nothing but night.

Little kid's mask in the gutter, still wet,

Candy spilled out like a trail I regret.

Follow it down to the end of the lane,

There's a door made of teeth and it knows my name.

[Pre-Chorus] Clock strikes three, hear the hinges moan,

Every porch light flickers and goes home.

Dark gets deep and the drums get low—

Tell me, little ghost, where'd you go?

[Final Chorus] Graveyard bass, let the whole night shake,

Cold wind howls and the dead awake.

Hands up high when the shadows come through—

Halloween's here, and it's coming for you.

Graveyard bass, hear the tombstones move,

Moon goes black when the monsters groove.

One more step and the fog rolls through—

Halloween's here, and it's coming for you.

[Post-Chorus] Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh,

(Coming for you)

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh,

(Coming for you)

[Outro — whispered] Clock strikes four…

Ain't nobody counting

[Verse 6] Five in the morning, the porch light dies,

Something in the attic learning how to cry.

Violin strings strung from wall to wall,

Play it with a bow made of somebody's jaw.

Crossfade the graveyard, bring the other side in,

Breakbeat stutter like a skeleton grin.

Two copies of the same scream spinning side by side,

Pull it back, push it forward, let it collide.

[Pre-Chorus] Clock strikes five, hear the floorboards split,

Every mirror in the house just quit.

Candles lean in like they're listening close—

Tell me, little ghost, who loves you the most?

[Chorus] Graveyard bass, let the whole night shake,

Cold wind howls and the dead awake.

Hands up high when the shadows come through—

Halloween's here, and it's coming for you.

Graveyard bass, hear the tombstones move,

Moon goes black when the monsters groove.

One more step and the fog rolls through—

Halloween's here, and it's coming for you.

[Verse 7] East coast stomp with a west coast swing,

Needle in the groove like a fang in a ring.

Cut the horn, cut the vocal, cut the breath in half,

Loop the little girl laughing on the haunted path.

Transformer hums where the ouija board sat,

Spell my name backwards on a baseball bat.

Future bass wobble make the coffin lid knock,

Then the fiddle comes in and it tears off the lock.

[Pre-Chorus] Clock strikes six, hear the roosters scream,

Nothing in this town is what it seems.

Sun ain't up but the shadows thin—

Tell me, little ghost, who let you in?

[Drop] Dead awake, dead awake,

Let the whole night shake.

Dead awake, dead awake,

(Coming for you)

Dead awake, dead awake,

Let the whole night shake.

Dead awake, dead awake,

(Coming for you)

[Verse 8] Scratch the church bell, scratch the crying crow,

Scratch the sound of somebody scratching below.

Hands on both decks like a priest on a psalm,

Every ghost in the county wanna ride this calm.

Spiders spell my name in the dust on the amp,

Little brother's shadow got a different stamp.

Somebody's grandmother humming in the hall,

Ain't nobody living in this house at all.

[Pre-Chorus] Clock strikes seven, hear the whole street yawn,

Every monster tucking itself back in the lawn.

Fog rolls up like it's folding its hands—

Tell me, little ghost, who understands?

[Chorus] Graveyard bass, let the whole night shake,

Cold wind howls and the dead awake.

Hands up high when the shadows come through—

Halloween's here, and it's coming for you.

Graveyard bass, hear the tombstones move,

Moon goes black when the monsters groove.

One more step and the fog rolls through—

Halloween's here, and it's coming for you.

[Bridge — half-time] Let the record spin 'til the label wears thin,

Every scratch is a door, let the dead walk in.

One hand on the platter, one hand on the cross,

Trade the ghost a memory, eat the loss.

[Violin Break] (La-la-la, la-la-la)

(La-la-la, la-la-la)

(Coming for you)

(La-la-la, la-la-la)

(La-la-la, la-la-la)

(Coming for you)

[Verse 9] Neighborhood kids in their plastic fangs yawn,

Costumes in a pile on the dying front lawn.

Somebody's mother calls a name that ain't there,

Answer comes back from under the stairs.

I bag the last candy, I lock the last door,

Every creak in the hallway wants an encore.

Turn the bass down low so the house can sleep,

But the fiddle keeps fiddling six feet deep.

[Pre-Chorus] Clock strikes eight, hear the daylight creep,

Every ghost got somewhere else to be.

Curtains pull back and the rooms go plain—

Tell me, little ghost, will you come again?

[Final Chorus] Graveyard bass, let the whole night shake,

Cold wind howls and the dead awake.

Hands up high when the shadows come through—

Halloween's here, and it's coming for you.