[Intro ] Au report… night is falling. I can hear… paws. [Chorus ] One, two, three three little cats, three wicked little thieves. Last night without a sound, they slipped into my house. One, two, three three little cats, a small raid, a big shiver. Last night without a sound, they slipped into my house. [Verse 1 ] They slide along the walls no flags, no names, not a step that echoes, just shadow in the frame. Straight to the kitchen, straight to the nerve, their plan is simple and dirty… and it works. I keep my breath low, like I’m hiding from me, your absence in the hallway is a cold machinery. (tic-tic…) in the plaster, in the teeth, and that children’s rhyme comes back… like grief. [Pre-Chorus ] They knock the flour over storm on the sink, a white-out in the room where I can’t even think. They roll in it laughing, proud in their disguise, and stand up pale as ash… with my eyes in their eyes. [Chorus ] One, two, three three little cats, three wicked little thieves. Last night without a sound, they slipped into my house. One, two, three three little cats, sabotage in formation. Last night without a sound, they slipped into my house. [Verse 2 ] Dressed up as knights, cardboard helmets on, they swing their little swords in the living room. They rip the pillows open feathers like snow, and swear “for the victory” where my sleep used to go. They call the firefighters like you called for help, then hung up on me left me to burn by myself. I count my seconds, I taste the defeat, love mixed with anger… grinding in my teeth. [Bridge Sirens in the street, sirens in the skin, my heart keeps marching but my mind caves in. Three small commanders with war behind their eyes, and me — just a man — in a house full of lies. I try to say your name — the radio eats it. Time won’t stop. Neither will it fix it. [Final Chorus One, two, three three little cats, three wicked little thieves. Last night without a sound, they slipped into my house. One, two, three three little cats, they stay when morning breaks. Last night without a sound, they slipped into my house… and into me. [Outro ] They’re gone in a blink back into the night… and the last one out… left a stain on the carpet. Not funny. Just there. Forever.
