(sung in a childlike, echoing voice with off-key harmonies and eerie reverb) Ring around the basement, Secrets in the floor, Shadows spin in circles— Don’t come near the door. Ashes… ashes… Nightmares call your name, Dennis Mace is laughing, You’ll never wake the same. Hush now, don’t you peek, Dennis walks while you’re asleep. In your closet, in your hall, If you scream—he’ll hear it all. Shadows crawling, Ticking clocks, Under the bed, The nightmare knocks… Sleepy eyes, midnight’s nigh, Dennis Mace is passing by, Count your toes and lock your door, You won’t be safe here anymore… Whispered secrets, play his game— Close your eyes… He knows your name. Lullaby, don’t you cry, Dennis Mace is standing by. If you dream, you wake alone— He builds a castle out of bones. Tick-tock, basement clock, Hide your face, don’t ever talk. People say that I got a bad temper, Whispers in the walls, sharpen up the splinters. I black out every winter—can’t recall last December, Distant voices in my attic, all their faces getting dimmer. Did I haunt him? Shivers cold, can’t remember. I’ve been sleepwalking dreams, stocking knives in the center. You keep testing Mace, but you never pass the lesson, I’ll lock you in the basement, now you’re learning from the tension. Colder than the freezer, keep the silence in the ice— My dinner bell rings when a pulse pays the price. Midnight hunger got me prowlin’ through the mist, If you see my shadow flicker, better clutch your crucifix. Chorus (whispered, children’s voices layered) They say Dennis got a temper... Don’t you sleep, don’t you whisper. If you wander after midnight, You’ll remember Mace forever. Verse 2 Superfan stalkin’, heard she puzzles at my mind, Every clue just a trap with new secrets to find. Forget about the past ‘cause the future's in my hands, We toast to survival—don’t you know I change the plans? I’m a shadow in a hood, blending in with the grey, You hear the floorboards creak, but you look the other way. Act normal in the daylight, but the moon’s an invitation, Don’t touch—this mask is skin-deep on a nameless aberration. Voices in the hallway, echo up the stairs, Mama asking questions, honey, best beware. Don’t go callin’ doctors, don’t you draw the bind, Or you’ll read Dennis Mace in the headlines—outlined. Chorus 2 (nursery rhyme, ghostly echo) People say that I got a bad temper, Count the shadows every night to remember. Monsters in the mirror, nightmares getting clever— You’ll never outrun what Dennis delivered. Bridge Slip into my chamber, locked from the outside, Play my little game, see how long you can hide. Call me monster, call me myth, even Freddy keeps away— My name’s Dennis Mace, and I play you in the grey. Outro (music box, children singing softly) Ashes, ashes, secrets fall— Call Dennis Mace, he'll answer the call...
