[Verse] Late at night When the clock strikes twelve And the creatures of the night Emerge from their holes [Verse] We hold on to the land Protected by a threadbare man And his imaginary friends Dressed in red and gold [Chorus] But it was all a dream And nothing's as it seems He gave me quite a scare With the things that he said [Chorus] "Don't forget about me And don't forget to dream I'll be your nightmare To them instead" [Verse] Late at night When the clock strikes twelve We huddle in our beds As the story's told [Verse] Of the threadbare man And his imaginary friends Who rise from the sand To take back control
