[verse 1] Hush, hush, I hear them call, Shadows creeping down the hall. Mother? Father? Where did you go? I shut my eyes—I don’t want to know… [chorus] One by one, the doors swing wide, Step by step, the stars align. The world is turning, twisting tight, I hold my breath—there's no end in sight. [verse 2] Lavinia smiles, she takes my hand, Shows me things I don’t understand. A book of whispers, a voice like dust, She says, "Just trust it, just trust..." [pre-chorus] Can you hear them breathing? Can you see them seething? The clock strikes twelve, my mind feels thin, I am the silver key—I will let it in. [verse 3] The preacher sings, the children cry, The fire burns but it will not die. I am a curse to this town, I lit the light, thanks to me nothing here is good or right. [chorus] One by one, the doors swing wide, Step by step, the stars align. The sky is breaking, the voices bite, But I don’t run—I know they’re right. [verse 4] Something’s changing, something’s wrong, The lullabies don’t last as long. dead men's hands reach out from graves too shallow, Their lips all twist into my grin, my eyes go hollow [bridge] Salem burns, the ground unseams, Echoes twisting into screams. Mothers' hands, fathers' eyes, they all melt like wax beneath the skies. [verse 5] Where’s my name? It’s slipping fast, Like footsteps sinking in to the past. No more words, no hands to hold, Just endless dark, just endless cold. [pre-chorus] Do you hear their screaming? Can you hear its breathing? The clock strikes twelve, the stars grow dim, I lose myself—I let it in... [final chorus] One by one, the doors swing wide, Step by step, the stars align. Yog-Sothoth stirs beyond the gate, And I am gone— i can't be saved, it's all too late. [outro] The witching hour hums my name, A child lost in endless flame. No tears left to shed, no breath left to sigh, I fade away beneath the doomsday sky…
