# Nightmare at Hogwarts **Verse 1** Sleep should come when candles die, When moonlight fills the midnight sky, But somewhere deep inside these walls, A voice begins to crawl. The staircases twist the wrong way round, No living soul can make a sound, The portraits close their painted eyes— Something wicked walks tonight. **Pre-Chorus** Wake me up, Wake me now, I can hear it getting loud. Every door, Every stair, Leads me deeper in the nightmare. **Chorus** It’s a nightmare at Hogwarts tonight, Shadows are moving where there is no light, Something is watching just out of my sight, Waiting for me to be alone. It’s a nightmare at Hogwarts tonight, Screams in the towers and windows burning white, Run through the corridors, hold your wand tight— Because the castle isn’t home. **Verse 2** The Great Hall stretches without end, I hear the voices of my friends, But when I follow where they call, There’s nobody there at all. A classroom door begins to shake, The sleeping suits of armour wake, And written slowly on the wall: **“Tonight the nightmare takes you all.”** **Pre-Chorus** Wake me up, Let me go, Something’s underneath the floor. Every turn, Every stair, Pulls me deeper in the nightmare. **Chorus** It’s a nightmare at Hogwarts tonight, Shadows are moving where there is no light, Something is watching just out of my sight, Waiting for me to be alone. It’s a nightmare at Hogwarts tonight, Screams in the towers and windows burning white, Run through the corridors, hold your wand tight— Because the castle isn’t home. **Bridge** One door. Two knocks. Three scratches from inside. Four bells. Five screams. Nowhere left to hide. Six steps. Seven breaths. Something calls my name. Eight… Nine… **Wake up before ten.** But my eyes won’t open. My voice disappears. The castle keeps feeding On all of my fears. **Final Chorus** It’s a nightmare at Hogwarts tonight, Darkness is swallowing every last light, Friends stand together, our wands shining bright— We won’t let the nightmare decide. It’s a nightmare at Hogwarts tonight, Face every monster and stand up and fight, Morning is coming beyond the black sky— If we can survive until light. **Outro** I wake in my bed. The morning has come. The nightmare is over. The darkness is gone. Then beneath my pillow I find something there— A little black note: **“Tonight, I’ll be waiting.”**
