[Intro] Hush now Don’t let your heartbeat give you away I’ve been here longer than your fear Longer than your prayers [Verse 1] Silk across the marble floor A shadow waiting by the door You swore the room was empty still But I was breathing in your will A whisper crawling down your spine A crimson stain beneath divine You feel my gaze before my face I never chase, I set the pace [Pre-Chorus] Every lantern starts to dim Every hope is growing thin By the time you speak my name I’ve already slipped beneath your skin [Chorus] I’m the hand behind the scenes The whisper in your dying dreams The step that follows soft and slow The thing you feel but never know I stalk the silence, haunt the air Turn your breathing into prayer And when you finally see me near I drink the beauty of your fear [Verse 2] I watch the proudest people fold The young, the desperate, and the bold A thousand kingdoms, all the same They all look sweeter when they break No need for thunder, claws, or flame I carve my terror with a name A velvet smile, a noble grace While death is standing in my place [Pre-Chorus] You can run through moonlit halls Scratch your nails against the walls But panic makes the sweetest sound And I adore it when it calls [Chorus] I’m the hand behind the scenes The whisper in your dying dreams The step that follows soft and slow The thing you feel but never know I stalk the silence, haunt the air Turn your breathing into prayer And when you finally see me near I drink the beauty of your fear [Bridge] I was there before the scream Before the breaking of the seam Before the body hit the floor Before you begged for something more You call it evil, call it sin I call it letting hunger in So close your eyes, the end is kind You were mine before you knew my mind [Final Chorus] I’m the hand behind the scenes The artist of your shattered dreams The shadow draped in crimson glow The last cold truth you’ll ever know I stalk the silence, haunt the air Wrap your heartbeat in despair And when the room is drowned in red You’ll know exactly what you dread [Outro] Softly now The curtain falls And all that’s left Is red on the walls
