Do You Like Scary Stories?

[Spoken Intro – whispered, eerie phone static underneath] Do you like scary stories? What’s your favorite one? No… don’t lock the door now. It’s already too late. [Verse 1] Midnight breathing through the hall Curtains twitch against the wall Porch light flickers, shadows crawl Something’s waiting for the fall Softly hums the telephone Like it knows you’re all alone Every answer chills the bone Every word cuts closer home [Pre-Chorus] A voice behind the wire smiles Counting down in twisted style You hear laughter in the dark— Then silence swallows every spark [Chorus] Do you like scary stories? Whispered slow through broken glass Every scream becomes a memory No one ever sees me pass Do you like scary stories? Where the ending’s soaked in red By the time you know the question I am standing by your bed [Verse 2] Footsteps creaking up the stair Knife-edge glimmer splits the air Panic tangles in your prayer But fear is thickest when I’m there Photographs fall from the shelf You keep reaching for yourself But the house betrays your breath And every room is dressed in death [Pre-Chorus 2] The line goes dead, the walls grow thin Now the game is crawling in Every lock you thought would save Becomes another shallow grave [Chorus] Do you like scary stories? Whispered slow through broken glass Every scream becomes a memory No one ever sees me pass Do you like scary stories? Where the ending’s soaked in red By the time you know the question I am standing by your bed [Bridge – whispered layered vocals beneath lead] Run if you hear me breathing Hide if the silence bends Pray when the mask is grinning The story never ends [Final Chorus – bigger, theatrical climax] Do you like scary stories? Now your name is in the scene Every hallway bends before me Every nightmare starts with me Do you like scary stories? There’s no curtain for the dead When the last light finally shatters I become the voice instead [Outro – spoken whisper fading into static] That was only the beginning. See you in the sequel.