[INTRO-FEMALE] *Ooohh....Ahhhh... Oooooh... Remember me...* [MALE] The rain came down on the first of October. Cold against my skin. The town was sleeping. But I heard someone calling again. A beautiful voice I couldn't ignore. A voice I couldn't shake. [FEMALE] *Remember me...* [MALE] I didn't know her. But somehow... she knew me. Why does your voice feel like home? [VERSE 1] She stood beneath an old maple tree. Red dress in the rain. She looked at me like she'd known me forever. [FEMALE] *"Do you remember me?"* [MALE] No. [FEMALE] *You will.* [MALE] She turned toward the cemetery. The iron gates opened. I followed through the fog. Then I looked down. Her feet were bare. No footprints. [PRE-CHORUS] There was a house beyond the graves. Hundreds of candles burned inside. She reached for my hand. I should've turned around. I should've run back to the car. I should've driven away. But something in her eyes made me follow. [CHORUS] In the cemetery, under the maple tree, in the fog of the night, She's wearing the red dress of October. Calling through the autumn darkness. Calling something out of me. [FEMALE] *"Remember me..."* [MALE] **I HEAR ANOTHER VOICE CALLING MY NAME!** [VERSE 2] The house was filled with photographs. Different years. Different names. But always her. I found one dated nineteen twenty-three. She stood beside a man. I couldn't breathe. The man in that picture... was me. Every man beside her stared ahead. Except the last one. He was looking directly at me. [MALE] No... **THAT WAS ME!** [FEMALE] *"I've been waiting."* [MALE] How long? [FEMALE] *"Since the beginning."* [VERSE 3] She said she'd been human once. She loved someone who walked away. She waited until the years forgot her name. Everyone she loved disappeared. But she remained. [FEMALE] *"Everyone forgets."* [MALE] I don't. [FEMALE] *"Everyone leaves."* [MALE] I'm still here. [FEMALE] *"For now..."* [BRIDGE] [FEMALE] *Come closer...* [MALE] Why? [FEMALE] *You don't have to be alone.* [MALE] You're not alone anymore. [FEMALE] *Neither are you.* [MALE] I kissed her. The candles went black. And suddenly— **I REMEMBERED.** A battlefield. A ship beneath the waves. A child beside a grave. A woman screaming in rain. Hundreds of faces. Hundreds of lives. Every October. Every lifetime. **AND THEN I UNDERSTOOD!** She wasn't waiting for me. **She was waiting for someone to take her place.** [REVELATION] I looked at the photograph. They weren't memories. They were victims. Every man. Every face. Every name. She was smiling. [MALE] You were never lonely... [FEMALE] *"You thought I was lonely."* *"I was hungry."* [MALE] What are you? [FEMALE] *"I've worn many faces."* *"You always remember the dress."* [FINAL CHORUS] In the cemetery, under the maple tree, in the fog of the night, She's wearing the red dress of October! Calling through the darkness! And now she's calling— **ME!** She gave me all her memories! She gave me all her pain! **I SEE HER FACE AGAIN!** [FEMALE] *Remember me...* [MALE] **I CAN'T FORGET YOU!** [FEMALE] *Remember me...* [MALE] **I CAN'T!** [VERSE 4] Morning found me beneath the maple tree. The house was gone. I searched the graves. Then I saw an old photograph. Her. The red dress. The maple tree. And beside her... me. Seven words on the back: [FEMALE] *"You remembered me."* [FINAL] [FEMALE] *"Do you remember me?"* [MALE] "Yes." [Silence] [MALE — TERRIFIED] **"OHhhh FUUUUCK!!!!"** [Silence] [FEMALE — MONSTROUS] **"FINALLY... YOU'RE MINE!"** [BLACKOUT] *Distant female laugh.* *Two sets of footsteps fading into the fog.*
