[Intro – whispered, eerie, distant chains] [SFX: wind howling through broken stone] [SFX: faint lantern hum, ghostly whispers circling left and right] [Ghosts in the Lantern – whispered ad-libs:] Let us out… Please… no more… He’s coming… Don’t follow the light… [Thresh – spoken, low and cruel:] Don’t follow the light… Don’t answer the call… Because once you hear the chain… You’re already mine… [SFX: chain drag scraping across the floor] [Ghosts:] Run… run… run… [Verse 1 – Thresh] There’s a glow in the black where the dead roads bend A little green flame like a long-lost friend It hums your name in a voice so sweet Till the chains start dragging underneath your feet You can run through the mist, you can beg, you can pray But the sound of my hook never fades away Every heartbeat echoes down the hall Come a little closer to the lantern’s call [Ghosts – background ad-libs:] Don’t listen… It lies… He knows your name… Stay away from the light… [Pre-Chorus – Thresh] I don’t need a crown I don’t need a throne I just want the sound Of you breaking alone One step, two steps Fear starts to crawl Then I pull you in close When you answer the call [SFX: chain snaps forward] [Ghosts: ] No! No! No! [Chorus – Thresh, catchy and haunting] Another pull, another soul Another name that the darkness stole I hear you scream, I watch you fall Welcome home to the lantern’s call Another pull, another soul Another heart where the cold wind blows No way out, no mercy at all You belong to the lantern’s call [Ghost Choir – layered behind chorus:] Another soul… another soul… We can’t leave… we can’t go… Hear the chain… feel the cold… Another pull, another soul… [Post-Chorus – Ghosts in the Lantern] [SFX: lantern pulse, souls swirling] Call, call, call… The lantern’s call Soul, soul, soul… Another soul Pull, pull, pull… Down below Please don’t let him take control… [Verse 2 – Thresh] I keep every whisper, every tear, every cry Every little memory you leave when you die Locked in the glow where the lost ones stay Dancing in circles while they fade away I don’t chase the living for the thrill of the kill I take what remains when the whole world stills And when your courage starts to crack and fall You’ll see my smile in the lantern’s call [Ghosts – background ad-libs:] He keeps us here… We remember… I had a name once… Don’t let him take you… [Pre-Chorus 2 – Thresh] I don’t need a crown I don’t need a throne I just want the sound Of you breaking alone One chain, two chains Wrapped around your bones Then I drag you down deep Where the lost souls roam [SFX: heavy chains tightening] [Ghosts:] Let go of me! [Thresh – ad-lib:] Never. [Chorus – Thresh + Ghost Choir] Another pull, another soul Another name that the darkness stole I hear you scream, I watch you fall Welcome home to the lantern’s call Another pull, another soul Another heart where the cold wind blows No way out, no mercy at all You belong to the lantern’s call [Ghost Choir:] Another pull, another soul… Another pull, another soul… We are trapped, we are cold… Another pull, another soul… [Bridge – Senna Part, defiant and emotional] [SFX: lantern flickers violently, distant gunshot echo] [Senna:] I know that light, I know that pain I know the sound of my own name Inside your prison, I learned to breathe You took my soul, but not all of me I heard them crying through the flame Every lost voice, every stolen name You fed on fear, you called it art But you never learned to break my heart [Ghosts – hopeful whispers:] Senna… She sees us… The light is changing… [Senna:] So hold your chain and bare your grin I’ve seen the monster locked within You don’t own every soul that falls Some still fight the lantern’s call [Thresh Response – dark, amused] [SFX: chain spinning slowly, lantern hum turns darker] [Thresh:] Oh, little light, still burning bright Still pretending you escaped the night You may have crawled out from my cage But I still hear your soul in the flame I know your fear, I know your scars I held your breath between the bars Run if you must, stand if you will The lantern remembers you still [Ghosts – panicked ad-libs:] No… not again… Don’t let him take her… The chain! The chain! [Breakdown – Thresh + Ghosts, chant-like] [SFX: chains slamming in rhythm] [Thresh:] Another pull [Ghosts: ]Let us go! [Thresh:] Another soul [Ghosts:] He wants more! [Thresh:] Another chain [Ghosts:] Feel the cold! [Thresh:] Another hole [Ghosts:] Down below! [Thresh:] Another cry [Ghosts:] We remember! [Thresh:] Another fall Ghosts: We surrender! [Thresh:] Another voice Ghosts: Hear us call! [Thresh:] In the lantern’s call [Final Chorus – Thresh, Senna, Ghost Choir] Thresh: Another pull, another soul Another name that the darkness stole I hear you scream, I watch you fall Welcome home to the lantern’s call [Senna – counter melody:] I hear the cries inside the flame I see the faces, know their names You built a prison out of pain But even chains can break one day
