[Intro] The porch light blinked, then the whole block froze A clicking came up through the garden hose Something with six black legs crossed the glass And tapped out my name with a needle-thin rasp [Verse 1] I found a wet trail by the basement door Like silver glue dragged across the floor The furnace coughed, every pipe went cold Then a green little eye in the keyhole rolled It wore my brother’s voice from years ago Said, “Open up, I’m lost in the snow” But my brother’s grave is behind the shed And the thing outside had borrowed his head [Pre-Chorus] Tick-tick, scrape-scrape, close to the wall Three long legs folded, waiting to crawl I held my breath, but the room breathed back A hive from the stars had found our track [Chorus] Nightmare, nightmare, crawling through the air Nightmare, nightmare, teeth inside the glare Nightmare, nightmare, falling from the black When the sky splits open, there’s no going back [Drop] CLICK—CLACK—BITE—BURN THEY CAME TO WATCH THE PLANET TURN SIX EYES—COLD SKIN LET THE NIGHTMARE IN [Verse 2] The ceiling bowed like a breathing lung Thin wire wings beat where the dead bells hung My radio spoke in a language of rain Each broken syllable drilled through my brain The hallway stretched, then folded in two A red moon leaked through a doorway of blue I saw their nest in the satellite dish A thousand small mouths making one wish [Pre-Chorus] Tick-tick, scrape-scrape, under the bed Something counted every word I said I ran upstairs, but the staircase grew The house was a throat, and the throat knew you [Chorus] Nightmare, nightmare, crawling through the air Nightmare, nightmare, teeth inside the glare Nightmare, nightmare, falling from the black When the sky splits open, there’s no going back [Bridge] The moon went blind at a quarter to four A blue-white doorway swallowed the floor One insect bowed with a crown of chrome And whispered, “Little earth thing, welcome home” [Breakdown] No footsteps. No heartbeat. No stars. Just wings in the walls And a mouth full of sparks. [Final Chorus] Nightmare, nightmare, crawling through the air Nightmare, nightmare, teeth inside the glare Nightmare, nightmare, every room is black When the sky splits open, there’s no coming back [Final Drop] CLICK—CLACK—BITE—BURN WATCH THE LAST EARTH SIGNAL TURN SIX EYES—COLD SKIN LET THE NIGHTMARE IN [Outro] At dawn, the house stood quiet and bare No blood, no bones, just a humming chair But under the floor, where the roots twist tight A thousand small eggs opened their eyes to the light