[verse] Snow piled high, the roads are gone Keys in the lock, winter on Typewriter clacks in the empty dark All work, no play, the dull boy’s mark Danny sees the twins at the end of the hall REDRUM painted on the bathroom wall [pre-chorus] The elevator dings Doors slide wide Something old is waking up inside [chorus] Walking down a black hallway Staring at the blood It pours from the ceiling, the past, the flood I’m the house that keeps you I’m the cold that stays Come closer, caretaker You’ll never leave this place [verse] Wendy’s voice cracks through the static hum Axe through the door, here I come The maze outside is just another room Same walls, same ghosts, same red bloom I drank your fear before you even arrived Now the boy shines and the father dies [chorus] Walking down a black hallway Staring at the blood It pours from the ceiling, the past, the flood I’m the house that keeps you I’m the cold that stays Come closer, caretaker You’ll never leave this place [bridge] Room 237 The woman in the tub She smiles like she knows you She smiles like you’re loved Then the skin peels back And the hotel laughs [outro] Black hallway Red flood Black hallway Red flood All work and no play…
