[Intro] [SFX: Slow ticking clock... distant thunder... rusty gears turning... soft wind through broken windows] [Whispered Child] Wee... Willie... Winkie... [Verse 1] [Whispered Male] Wee Willie Winkie walks through the town... Ash falls softly... No one's around... Upstairs... Downstairs... Steel instead of stone... Every little heartbeat... Echoes all alone... [SFX: Metallic footsteps... steam valve release] He knocks on every rusted door... No one answers anymore... Rapping at the broken glass... Watching silent shadows pass... [Pre-Chorus] [Clock begins accelerating] Are the children... Still asleep? Or are they... Buried... Deep? [CHORUS] [Full industrial drums explode] [Growled Male] WEE WILLIE WINKIE, RUNS THROUGH THE NIGHT! RUNNING EVERYWHERE, HOPING ALL IS ALLRIGHT! WEE WILLIE WINKIE, RUNS WITH DISPAIR! WINDOW AFTER WINDOW, ...BUT NOBODY'S THERE! [Children's Choir] "Winkie Winkie Winkie..." "Wee Willie Winkie..." [SFX: Heavy machine impacts] [Verse 2] [Half-whisper / spoken] Every window... Every lock... Frozen... At eight... O'clock... Nightgown dragging through the dust... Iron bones consumed by rust... Searching every empty bed... Counting all the silent dead... [Background Choir] Sleep... Sleep... Sleep... [SFX: Radio static... reversed piano... ticking louder] [Bridge] [Almost acapella] Tick... Tick... Tick... Who forgot... To stop... The clock? [Massive industrial build] [Choir swelling] [FINAL CHORUS] [Maximum intensity] WEE WILLIE WINKIE, KEEPER OF THE NIGHT! RUNNING EVERYWHERE, HOPING ALL IS ALLRIGHT! WEE WILLIE WINKIE, RAPPING GATES OF STEEL! SEARCHING FOR A WORLD THAT'S REAL! [Large Children's Choir] Wee Willie Winkie! Runs through the Night! Upstairs and downstairs! There's no one in sight! Wee Willie Winkie! Runs through the Hall! Can't seem to find anyone at all! [Instrumental Break] [Massive guitar solo] [Screaming lead guitar drenched in reverb and delay] [Industrial drums intensify] [Clock tower bells ring beneath the melody] [Children's choir swells behind the solo] [Layers of distorted guitars build into a wall of sound] [Growled Male] Wee Willie Winky looks everyday Hoping to find children at play, Wee Willie Winky checks the whole town Screaming loud "Is anyone around" [SFX: Machinery overload... alarms... massive impact] [Outro] [Music box only] [Child whisper] Are the children... In their beds? ... It's... Always... Eight... O'clock... [SFX: Clock stops.]
