[Intro – Deteriorated Horror-Movie Audio] [film projector rattling] [Vintage Announcer] "Ladies and gentlemen..." "For your own protection, the management strongly recommends..." [STATIC] "—that you leave immediately." [crowd laughter] [Female Whisper] Leave? Baby... We just opened the doors. [CARNIVAL ORGAN → GUITAR CRASH] [Verse 1] Black moon rising on a carnival wire, Skeleton choir getting higher and higher. Dead-eyed dolls in a gasoline glow, Everybody's waiting for the midnight show. Tattooed preacher with a television head, Selling little miracles to the living dead. I strut through the curtain with a razorblade grin— Ladies and gentlemen... LET THE MONSTERS IN! [Pre-Chorus] One for the money... Two for the freak... Three little devils Dancing cheek to cheek. Four bells ringing... Five graves below... Six feet deeper— WELCOME TO THE SHOW! [Chorus] MIDNIGHT MONSTER SHOW! Everybody get down— Everybody lose control! MIDNIGHT MONSTER SHOW! Shake those bones to the rock 'n' roll! HEY! Dead girls dancing! HEY! Wolf boys howl! HEY! Turn that nightmare up right now! MIDNIGHT MONSTER SHOW! Come alive— When the lights go low! [Post-Chorus – Gang Vocals] FREAK! (SHOW!) FREAK! (SHOW!) MON-STERS! [Female Lead] Oh, aren't you adorable? [Verse 2] Coffin-top drummer with a dynamite beat, Frankenstein shuffle on mechanical feet. Vampire queen selling kisses backstage, While a two-headed sinner rattles his cage. Neon crucifix buzzing overhead, Spitting purple lightning on the newly dead. [Ringmaster screams through a busted megaphone—] "Nobody leaves here..." [Lead] Nobody goes home. [Pre-Chorus] One little nightmare... Two little screams... Three dead lovers Inside your dreams. Four wheels burning... Five sirens blow... Dig yourself deeper— WELCOME TO THE SHOW! [Chorus] MIDNIGHT MONSTER SHOW! Everybody get down— Everybody lose control! MIDNIGHT MONSTER SHOW! Shake those bones to the rock 'n' roll! HEY! Dead girls dancing! HEY! Wolf boys howl! HEY! Turn that nightmare up right now! MIDNIGHT MONSTER SHOW! Come alive— When the lights go low! [Spoken Interlude – Vintage Educational Film] [projector flutter; music drops to pulsing bass] [Male Narrator] "Scientists assure us that monsters do not exist." [Female Lead] Really? [Narrator] "There is absolutely nothing lurking beneath your bed..." [scratching sound] "Nothing hiding inside your closet..." [door CREAKS] "And certainly nothing standing..." [static] "Directly behind you." [silence] [Female Whisper] Boo. [MASSIVE RIFF] [Breakdown – Mechanical Half-Time Stomp] DIG! That grave! RATTLE! That cage! BANG! That drum! HERE! WE! COME! [chains slam rhythmically] [Gang Vocals] MONSTER! MONSTER! MONSTER! [Lead] Now shake it like you're... DEAD ALREADY! [Instrumental – Freakshow Groove] [dirty guitar riff trades with warped carnival organ] [Distorted Female Layers] Come inside... Stay awhile... Show Mama... That monster smile... [Bridge – Ringmaster Broadcast] [megaphone distortion] [Ringmaster] "Step right up!" "Witness horrors beyond human comprehension!" "See creatures forbidden by nature!" "Meet the most dangerous monster of them all!" [drum roll] [Female Lead] Me? [laughs] Aw... You're making me blush. [Final Chorus – Massive Gang Choir] MIDNIGHT MONSTER SHOW! Everybody get down— Everybody lose control! MIDNIGHT MONSTER SHOW! Raise those horns for the rock 'n' roll! HEY! Graveyard shaking! HEY! Hell bells howl! HEY! Every freak is family now! MIDNIGHT MONSTER SHOW! Come alive— When the lights go low! [Final Chant] MONSTERS! (COME OUT!) MONSTERS! (COME OUT!) MONSTERS! (COME OUT!) [Lead] Come out... Come out... From wherever you are hiding... [guitar feedback screams] [Outro – Empty Carnival] [music suddenly cuts] [distant carousel music; wind; electrical buzzing] [Vintage Announcer] "Thank you for attending tonight's performance." "Please collect all personal belongings..." [static] "...and missing body parts..." "Before exiting the theater." [carousel slows unnaturally] [Female Whisper] Exit? [soft laugh] There isn't one.
