[Intro – Spoken, low and ominous, building strings and distant thunder drums] Somewhere in the shadowed realms where only madmen tread, Stands a crumbling manor house, where the living fear the dead. Deep within its rotten halls lives Cat, the dramatic one… But that’s nothing compared to the nightmare down below… In the dark… something’s moving… something’s weaving… [Chorus – Explosive rock opera, huge vocals, choir backing] Don’t you open that basement! You’re a fool if you dare! Stay away from that basement! ‘Cause there’s something down there! Don’t you open that basement! Turn around, run for your life! Giant spiders are waiting, Eight-legged kings of the night! [Verse 1 – Dramatic, building tension, electric guitar riffs under operatic delivery] They’re bigger than warhorses, fangs like rusted blades, Eyes like burning lanterns in the blackest of shades. Down in the basement, where the sunlight never falls, They weave their colossal webs across the crumbling walls. Thick as ship’s rope, sticky as sin, One touch and you’re dinner before you can scream. They skitter and click in the dark, they wait so patiently, For fools who lift the cellar door… just like me… [Chorus – Even bigger, full choir and screaming guitars] Don’t you open that basement! You’re a fool if you dare! Stay away from that basement! ‘Cause giant spiders are there! Don’t you open that basement! Hear the warning in my song! One wrong step in the darkness And you’ll never see the dawn! [Bridge – Theatrical slowdown, piano and swelling orchestra, Cat’s voice cracking with fear] I’ve seen the shadows move… I’ve heard the clicking legs… I’ve felt the silken prison where the lost forever beg… They spin their silver cathedrals of death down there below, And if you dare disturb their lair… the webs begin to glow… [Final Chorus – Full rock opera climax, layered harmonies, pounding drums, final scream] DON’T YOU OPEN THAT BASEMENT! I’m begging you, please beware! STAY AWAY FROM THAT BASEMENT! There are MONSTERS lurking there! Giant spiders! Colossal webs! Fate is spun in every thread! Down in the basement… down in the dark… They’re hungry… and they’re waiting… [Outro – Echoing, fading into dread, single piano note and distant spider clicks] Don’t… you… open… that… basement… …or you’ll never come back up again…
