Coraline

Coraline Verse 1 The wallpaper curls like it’s learning my name. The house keeps shifting but the rooms stay the same. A key in my pocket feels heavy as stone. Like it already knows somewhere I shouldn’t go. The mice draw circles underneath the floor. Spelling out secrets near the little door. The ceiling is breathing above my bed. A lullaby crawling around in my head. Pre-Chorus The tea tastes sweet. The cake tastes strange. Everybody smiles. Nothing changes. Chorus Coraline… (Coraline… Coraline…) Can you hear them calling from the other side? Coraline… (Coraline… Coraline…) Every thread is pulling you back inside. Button eyes are watching every blink like candlelight, Black as empty wells that pull you deeper every night. Every thread says “Stay awhile,” every smile hides a lie. Coraline… (Coraline… Coraline…) Don’t look back. Don’t look back this time. Verse 2 The piano keeps playing though nobody’s there. The notes climb walls and disappear in the air. The dog choir sings with their porcelain teeth. While the whole world sways underneath my feet. Mother’s fingers stretch longer than before. Scraping the paint from the kitchen door. Her voice still sounds soft. Her voice still sounds kind. But something sharp Is hiding behind. Pre-Chorus The colors peel. The seams all show. The perfect world Starts letting go. The smiling faces Start looking thin. Like something’s wearing Human skin. Chorus Coraline… (Coraline… Coraline…) Can you hear them calling from the other side? Coraline… (Coraline… Coraline…) Every thread is pulling you back inside. Button eyes are watching every blink like candlelight, Black as empty wells that pull you deeper every night. Every thread says “Stay awhile,” every smile hides a lie. Coraline… (Coraline… Coraline…) Don’t look back. Don’t look back this time. Bridge Three ghost children stitched into the dark. Leaving little scratches instead of marks. Following echoes through picture frames. Trying to remember their forgotten names. A spider shadow crawls across the moon. The house grows teeth and starts to bloom. Every hallway bends and folds. Every secret finally unfolds. Final Chorus Coraline… (Coraline… Coraline…) Can you hear them calling from the other side? Coraline… (Coraline… Coraline…) But you won’t let them pull you back inside. Button eyes are closing slowly in the fading light, Broken little spells are disappearing with the night. Every thread comes undone, every shadow says goodbye. Coraline… (Coraline… Coraline…) Don’t look back. You’ve survived this time. Outro The wallpaper forgets the shape of your face. The house folds back into its place. The key grows cold inside your hand. And silence settles across the land. Coraline… (Coraline… Coraline…) Just an echo in the walls again.