[Intro: wind, church bell tolls twelve, then a thirteenth, detuned arpeggio fades in] [Verse 1: cold close vocal, detuned arpeggio, sub-bass drone, reversed whispers] The church bell rang at midnight We counted every chime It always stops at twelve But it rang one more time Tommy came as a toaster And Lisa as a spoon And someone came as nothing And no one asked them who [Pre-Chorus: stop-time synth stabs, vocal building] Door to door Street to street Twelve little masks And thirteen pairs of feet [Chorus: explosive, gated drums, haunting powerful vocal, call and response] Count again (count again) Twelve of us and one too thin Count again (count again) Who let number thirteen in? [Verse 2: cold close vocal, detuned arpeggio, sub-bass drone, reversed whispers] Grandma carved a pumpkin And set it by the door For the child who missed the counting Some Halloween before My friends all turned to look at me Like I had just appeared I tried to tell them who I was And my name just disappeared [Pre-Chorus: stop-time synth stabs, vocal building] Twelve hold candy One holds none Don't give your name To anyone [Chorus: explosive, gated drums, haunting powerful vocal, call and response] Count again (count again) Twelve of us and one too thin Count again (count again) Who let number thirteen in? [Bridge: ticking arpeggio and low drone only, chanted vocal] In the window, candlelight Count the faces left to right Twelve reflections in a row Where I'm standing, just the glow [Synth Solo: full band slams back, wailing detuned synth lead, 8 bars] [Final Chorus: biggest, most haunting vocal, full band, distant ghostly children's voices on the response] Count again (count again) Twelve of us and one too thin Count again (count again) Who let number thirteen in? Count again (count again) Twelve in the window, none are me Count again (count again) Who let number thirteen in? [Outro: band drops away, sparse piano, gentle strings, tender soft vocal] Keep the candle burning, Grandma I'll walk with them next year [Silence, then one faint church bell]
