[Intro] [female] [whisper] [close mic] [haunting] Eleven fifty-nine. Draw the circle. Light the flame. Speak your secret. Say my name. [clock chime] [spoken] [dark] Midnight. [Verse 1] [female] [dark] [restrained] There's a shadow at the window There's a whisper in the hall Every candle bends toward it Like they're answering a call Hear the branches scratching warnings Hear the floorboards underneath Something ancient has awakened Something hungry starts to breathe [Pre-Chorus] [build] [haunting] Lock the windows Bar the door It won't matter anymore Hold your breath Don't make a sound Something wicked's coming round [Chorus] [female] [powerful] [double tracked] WELCOME TO THE WITCHING HOUR When the midnight flowers bloom When the darkness tastes like power And the dead forget their tombs [background vocals] [chant] COME ALIVE COME ALIVE [female] [powerful] Every shadow has a heartbeat Every nightmare gets its turn When the clock begins its calling Watch the whole damn darkness burn [background vocals] [chant] TWELVE! ONE! TWO! THREE! [female] [yell] WELCOME TO THE WITCHING HOUR! [Verse 2] [female] [driving] Black cats gather at the crossroads Silver moonlight floods the street There's a stranger in the mirror And she's smiling back at me Salt is scattered at the doorway But the line is broken through You can pray to every heaven Nothing's listening to you [Pre-Chorus] [build] Feel it crawling Feel it rise See the fire behind my eyes No more running No way out You know what comes next now [Chorus] [female] [powerful] [harmonized] WELCOME TO THE WITCHING HOUR When the midnight flowers bloom When the darkness tastes like power And the dead forget their tombs [background vocals] [chant] COME ALIVE COME ALIVE [female] [powerful] Every shadow has a heartbeat Every nightmare gets its turn When the clock begins its calling Watch the whole damn darkness burn [female] [yell] WELCOME TO THE WITCHING HOUR! [Breakdown] [half-time] [distorted] [spoken] [female] [ritualistic] By the candle. By the flame. [background vocals] [whisper] Say the name. [spoken] By the shadow. By the grave. [background vocals] [whisper] Say the name. [spoken] By the moon above our heads... [background vocals] [building] SAY THE NAME. [female] [dark] Wake the living. [background vocals] SAY THE NAME. [female] [powerful] Raise the dead. [background vocals] [chant] SAY THE NAME! SAY THE NAME! SAY THE NAME! [Break] [whisper] [close mic] GLITTERBOMB. [Drop] [scream] WAKE THE FUCK UP! [Breakdown] Heavy guitar and industrial drum breakdown [Bridge] [female] [haunting] Maybe monsters aren't beneath us Maybe demons aren't outside Maybe every door we've bolted Was to keep ourselves inside Maybe midnight doesn't change us Maybe darkness only shows Everything we hide by daylight [whisper] Everything we already know [Build] [Final Chorus] [female] [powerful] [choir] [wide] WELCOME TO THE WITCHING HOUR Let the midnight flowers bloom Taste the darkness, taste the power Drag the daylight to its doom [background vocals] [chant] COME ALIVE! COME ALIVE! [female] [powerful] Every shadow has a heartbeat Every nightmare gets its turn Now the clock has finished calling [female] [yell] LET THE WHOLE DAMN DARKNESS BURN! [background vocals] [chant] TWELVE! ONE! TWO! THREE! [female] [scream] WELCOME TO THE WITCHING HOUR! [Outro] [haunting] [clock ticking] [whisper] The circle's open. [clock chime] [whisper] [far away] Let them in.
