[Instrumental/Intro] [HALLOWEEN BOB/ Verse] Coffin lid creakin' open underneath a full moon Every mask I've ever worn was carved to be your ruin I've built the game with no way out, I've hidden in the drain I've walked your dreams in razored gloves and never felt the pain A hundred different killers, a hundred silent stares But every single legend's just a chapter I prepared I don't run, I don't rush, I let the silence do the work The dark's my oldest partner, and I've never left it first [Pre-Chorus] Hush, hush, don't scream Well, not yet, not yet Ring the bell, let it toll Every nightmare has a role [Chorus] I am every villain that the silver screen has made Every scream, every legend, every shadow that won't fade Step into my picture, take a seat, enjoy the show I've been haunting your imagination since the projector's glow Ring the bell — hear it call Every monster answers when the credits start to fall (HAHAHAHAHAHA!!) [Verse/Veylor] I don't need the drain, don't need the mask, don't need the harvest moon I am the quiet after — the dread you feel too soon Every trap you've ever fallen for was built from your own fear I didn't set the game in motion — I just made it clear The clown, the shape, the doctor with his patient, careful hand Are stories you tell children so the real thing seems more grand I don't wear a costume, don't need blade or borrowed name I am what's left after the credits, when [Final Chorus - full, epic] I am every nightmare that the silver screen has bred Every scream still echoing in the houses of the dead Step into my picture — no, you don't get to leave I am the thing that waits behind everything you believe I am the flicker in the dark, the static, the decay I AM the reason you sleep with every single light ablaze Ring the bell — [toll, fading] — hear it fall I am the credits rolling... and I'm watching through them all
