Channel Thirteen

Intro

Shadows stretching long in the hallway

(Skitter skitter shh)

Grinning faces painted wide and frozen

(Click clack snap)

The clock strikes twelve, they lose control

(Rattle bones shake)

Running on the walls with eyes like saucers

(Creep creep crawl)

Verse 1

Twisted rubber limbs in zigzag patterns

(Bounce bounce swing)

Canvas skin with seams unraveling slowly

(Swish pop zing)

Hide and seek, they crawl from empty corners

(Hee hee hush)

Evil grins peeking under the circus curtain

(Giggle flicker crunch)

Pre-Chorus

Spinning heads with clocks for eyes

(Tick tick tick)

Triangular teeth tap-tap the tiles

(Chomp, scratch, scrape)

Electric shock as laughter cracks

(Ah ah ah ah)

Every step leaves a glitch in the shadows

(Static static snap)

Post-Chorus

Na na na na na na na

(Na na na na na na na)

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

(Ha

Bridge

Don't watch cartoons late at night

(Don't watch, don't watch)

The screen stays warm and hums a lullaby

(Hum hum hum)

Every frame is counting down the hours

(Tick tock tick tock)

When the clock runs out, the painted door swings open

(Creak, creak, creak)

Verse 2

They remember everyone who ever stared too long

(Stare stare stare)

Fingers stretching out from underneath the static

(Grab, snatch, pull)

If you're sitting in the glow when the reruns end

(Don't move, don't breathe)

You'll be walking through the wall with the laughing men

(Hee hee, come along)

Pre-Chorus

Keep your eyes half-shut and keep them moving

(Blink, blink, blink)

Never let them catch you looking back at them

(Look away, look away)

Every glance you give, they take a step closer

(Step, step, step)

La la la la la la la

(La la la la la la la)

Chorus

La la la la la la la

(La la la la la la la)

They will drag you down into the picture frame

(Drag you down, drag you down)

La la la la la la la

(La la la la la la la)

Once you're in, you never come back out the same

(Never, never, never)

Post-Chorus

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

(Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha)

Na na na na na na na

(Na na na na na na na)

Verse 3

Midnight marathon on channel thirteen

(Channel thirteen, channel thirteen)

Rabbit ears bent crooked toward the ceiling

(Snap, bend, twist)

Grandma said the shows would eat you whole

(Eat you, eat you)

Now I know exactly what she meant back then

(Now I know, now I know)

Pre-Chorus

If they start to watch you, don't you watch them

(Don't look, don't look)

Count the ceiling tiles and crawl toward the door

(Crawl, crawl, crawl)

One more step and you'll be gone forever

(Gone, gone, gone)

La la la la la la la

(La la la la la la la)

Chorus

La la la la la la la

(La la la la la la la)

They will drag you down into the picture frame

(Drag you down, drag you down)

La la la la la la la

(La la la la la la la)

Once you're in, you never come back out the same

(Never, never, never)

Drop

(La la la la la la la)

(Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha)

(La la la la la la la)

(Run run run run run)

Bridge 2

The time will come for those who live inside the screen

(The time will come, the time will come)

They wait all day for just a single hand to reach

(Reach, reach, reach)

So pull the plug and pull the covers to your chin

(Pull it, pull it)

Or you'll be laughing with the painted ones again

(Hee hee hee hee)

Verse 4

I saw my own reflection waving from the glass

(Wave, wave, wave)

Same crooked smile, same triangle teeth at last

(Grin, grin, grin)

It said my name in seven voices at once

(Seven voices, seven voices)

I shut my eyes and ran until the morning came

(Run, run, run)

Pre-Chorus

Don't watch cartoons late at night, I'm begging

(Please don't watch, please don't watch)

They're counting every heartbeat in the room

(Thump, thump, thump)

And when the last one fades, the door unlocks

(Click, click, click)

La la la la la la la

(La la la la la la la)

Chorus

La la la la la la la

(La la la la la la la)

They will drag you down into the picture frame

(Drag you down, drag you down)

La la la la la la la

(La la la la la la la)

Once you're in, you never come back out the same

(Never, never, never)

Post-Chorus

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

(Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha)

Na na na na na na na

(Na na na na na na na)

La la la la la la la

(La la la la la la la)

Outro

The screen goes dark, but they don't leave

(They don't leave, they don't leave)

They live in the walls and the space between

(Between, between)

So don't watch cartoons late at night

(Don't watch, don't watch)

La la la la la la la

(La la la la la la la)

Ha