[Verse 1] He moved like a stain through the hall Dirty shoes on the bedroom wall Broken grin, dead-eyed stare He came for fear, he left it there He wore the dark like stolen skin Slipped through the crack, let poison in No prayer could shake that shadowed trail A sick little ghost in a chain-link jail [Pre-Chorus] Lock the door Hold your breath He's on the stairs He wants your rest Hush now Don't make a sound He's got that kind of quiet That drags you down [Chorus] Nightstalker, crawl away Nightstalker, steal the day Nightstalker, face the shame You left a town to say your name Nightstalker, cold and sly Nightstalker, tell me why Nightstalker, rot and rust Only fear remembers you [Verse 2] He stalked through glass and poisoned air A rotten smile, a vacant prayer Every alley held his trace Every locked-up heart had a face The papers screamed, the phones ran hot Kids counted locks, the whole block rotted But evil dies when it's named Not worshipped, not spared, not left untamed [Pre-Chorus] Hear that step Hear that creak All your lies Go thin and weak You were never A legend here Just a name that brought A city near to fear [Chorus] Nightstalker, crawl away Nightstalker, steal the day Nightstalker, face the shame You left a town to say your name Nightstalker, cold and sly Nightstalker, tell me why Nightstalker, rot and rust Only fear remembers you [Bridge] No crown for the cruel No song for the snake Just a locked-up room And the lives you break The night can hide But it can't erase What you dragged into light What you brought to waste [Final Chorus] Nightstalker, crawl away Nightstalker, steal the day Nightstalker, face the shame You left a town to say your name Nightstalker, cold and sly Nightstalker, tell me why Nightstalker, rot and rust Only fear remembers you
