[Intro] [soft piano] [autumn ambience] [female 1] [Rowan] [soft] [close mic] October used to last forever. [Verse] [Rowan] [intimate] Streetlights glowing through the leaves Plastic fangs and dirty knees Pillowcases dragging down Running wild across the town Porch lights burning orange and gold We weren't scared of getting old Midnight felt a world away And morning never came too soon [Instrumental] Soft guitar enters [Rowan] I remember every doorway Every mask I couldn't see Back when monsters were much easier [whisper] They weren't anything like me [Refrain] [Rowan] [melodic] So leave the porch light on tonight Let the jack-o'-lanterns shine Maybe somewhere in the darkness We're still running out of time October thirty-first Don't disappear just yet [Pause] I'm not ready to forget [Verse] [female 2] [Eva] [soft] [warm] I remember painted faces Candy wrappers, cheap disguises Trading chocolate on the sidewalk Underneath electric skies Every witch was really magic Every shadow had a name Every haunted house could scare us And we'd beg to go again [Rowan + Eva] [gentle harmony] Funny how the things that frightened us Became the things we miss Maybe growing up is learning How much magic disappears [Instrumental Build] Drums enter softly Bass and atmospheric synths rise [Refrain] [Rowan + Eva] [building] So leave the porch light on tonight Let the jack-o'-lanterns shine Call the ghosts back from our childhood Just for one more borrowed night October thirty-first Don't disappear just yet [both] [soft] We're not ready to forget [Bridge] [Rowan] [haunting] Someday there'll be different footsteps Running laughing past this door Different little ghosts and monsters Doing what we did before [Eva] [soft] Maybe magic doesn't leave us Maybe it just changes hands [Rowan] Maybe every generation Gets one night to understand [Both] [building] That we're only here a moment Then the seasons carry on [Rowan] [powerful] So if tonight belongs to monsters— [Eva] [powerful] LET'S BE MONSTERS UNTIL DAWN! [Full Band Drop] [Final Chorus] [both female] [powerful] [wide] IT'S OCTOBER THIRTY-FIRST LET THE WHOLE DAMN NIGHT COME ALIVE Raise the ghosts and wake the witches Put the fire back in our eyes Let the skeletons keep dancing Let the vampires own the night For a few more precious hours We don't have to say goodbye [background vocals] [choir] DON'T SAY GOODBYE DON'T SAY GOODBYE [Rowan] [powerful] Leave the porch light burning Till the morning finds us here [Eva] [powerful] We'll be waiting for the darkness When October comes next year [Both] [powerful] OCTOBER THIRTY-FIRST YOU ALWAYS END TOO SOON [background vocals] TOO SOON! TOO SOON! [Both] So raise your glass to every monster Dancing underneath the moon [Instrumental] Huge melodic guitar lead Choir fades behind band [Outro] [piano] [female 1] [Rowan] [close mic] The porch lights disappear One by one Costumes on the bedroom floor Candy wrappers everywhere Another Halloween is gone. [Pause] [Rowan] [whisper] Goodnight, monsters.
