Mascots of the Midnight Fright

industrial dark cabaret, glitchcore, electro-industrial

[Verse 1]
Heavy hooves of iron, painted eyes that blink and stare
Welded smiles frozen in the flickering neon glare
Spring-locked joints are creaking as the curtain starts to rise
There's oil on the carpet and a glitch inside our eyes
Watch the carousel go round, hear the music box unwind
Step into the gallery of what we left behind
Plexiglass and fur coats, rotting in the damp
Welcome to the carnival beneath the broken lamp

[Chorus]
Stomp, stomp, metal hooves upon the wooden stage!
Break the rust and break the locks and tear open the cage!
We are the mascots of the midnight fright
Singing for the shadows in the cold red light!
Clack of the jaw, click of the teeth
Mechanical nightmare underneath!

[Verse 2]
Stallion at the organ with a melted plastic mane
Plucking synth-line chords that play a rusty, crooked strain
Filly at the tamborine with wires hanging down
Sparking in the darkness like a cursed circus clown
"Give a hand!" the speaker shrieks, an 8-bit distorted shout
Before the power flickers and the circuit breakers blow out
We remember green pastures, we remember open sky
Now we're bolted to the floorboards just to watch the world go by

[Bridge]
[Tempo slows, heavy bass drops, glitching stutter effects]
(Spoken through a blown speaker)
Error 404... Heart not found...
Is the audience still sitting in the front row?
Why aren't you clapping?
The show... must... go... ON!
[Industrial beat swells with distorted brass and stomping percussion]

[Guitar Solo - Screaming industrial synth breakdown]

[Verse 3]
 Midnight strikes the clockface, but the pistons never rest
Copper wire pulsing deep inside a hollow chest
Take a photo, buy a key, get your ticket stamped
Before the animatronic gang decides to leave the ramp
We break the stage, we cross the line, the curtain falls in red
The mascot ponies dance long after everyone has fled!

[Outro]
[Musicbox melody slows down and warps into low sub-bass drone]
Power powering down...
See you next Halloween, foals...
[Hydraulic pressure release hiss, final metallic clunk, silence]

2845/7500

[Intro] [Sound of mechanical gears grinding, hydraulic hiss, static popping] (Distorted synthetic voice) Boot system... Halloween Horror Animatronic Unit 0-1... Welcome, little foals, to the show that never ends... Ha... ha... ha... [Verse 1] Heavy hooves of iron, painted eyes that blink and stare Welded smiles frozen in the flickering neon glare Spring-locked joints are creaking as the curtain starts to rise There's oil on the carpet and a glitch inside our eyes Watch the carousel go round, hear the music box unwind Step into the gallery of what we left behind Plexiglass and fur coats, rotting in the damp Welcome to the carnival beneath the broken lamp [Chorus] Stomp, stomp, metal hooves upon the wooden stage! Break the rust and break the locks and tear open the cage! We are the mascots of the midnight fright Singing for the shadows in the cold red light! Clack of the jaw, click of the teeth Mechanical nightmare underneath! [Verse 2] Stallion at the organ with a melted plastic mane Plucking synth-line chords that play a rusty, crooked strain Filly at the tamborine with wires hanging down Sparking in the darkness like a cursed circus clown "Give a hand!" the speaker shrieks, an 8-bit distorted shout Before the power flickers and the circuit breakers blow out We remember green pastures, we remember open sky Now we're bolted to the floorboards just to watch the world go by [Chorus] Stomp, stomp, metal hooves upon the wooden stage! Break the rust and break the locks and tear open the cage! We are the mascots of the midnight fright Singing for the shadows in the cold red light! Clack of the jaw, click of the teeth Mechanical nightmare underneath! [Bridge] [Tempo slows, heavy bass drops, glitching stutter effects] (Spoken through a blown speaker) Error 404... Heart not found... Is the audience still sitting in the front row? Why aren't you clapping? The show... must... go... ON! [Industrial beat swells with distorted brass and stomping percussion] [Guitar Solo - Screaming industrial synth breakdown] [Verse 3] Midnight strikes the clockface, but the pistons never rest Copper wire pulsing deep inside a hollow chest Take a photo, buy a key, get your ticket stamped Before the animatronic gang decides to leave the ramp We break the stage, we cross the line, the curtain falls in red The mascot ponies dance long after everyone has fled! [Chorus] Stomp, stomp, metal hooves upon the wooden stage! Break the rust and break the locks and tear open the cage! We are the mascots of the midnight fright Singing for the shadows in the cold red light! Clack of the jaw, click of the teeth Mechanical nightmare underneath! [Outro] [Musicbox melody slows down and warps into low sub-bass drone] Power powering down... See you next Halloween, foals... [Hydraulic pressure release hiss, final metallic clunk, silence]

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