[Intro – Drum & Chant] [Boom]—[boom]—[clap]—[boom]—[boom]—[clap] TRICK! OR! TREAT! / Pick! Your! Tithe! [Verse 1] Knock on the door where the pumpkins grin, Iron on the threshold, rowan pinned. Masks like saints with the eyes cut out, Sugar for the spirits or the lights go out. Grandma said, “It’s an old street rite— Feed your dead or they’ll eat your night.” Copper in the candy, bread in the bowl, Pay the toll or pay your soul. [Pre-Chorus] Whisper in the corn, graveyard breeze— “Every house is a hinge on haunted keys.” [Chorus – Gang Shouts] TRICK OR TITHE—PICK YOUR PRICE! Honey for the hungry or we roll the dice. TRICK OR TITHE—HEAR THEM FEED! Sweeten up the shadows or the shadows take the lead. CHOOSE! the treat that buys your peace, LOSE! the chain and loose the beast— TRICK OR TITHE—COUNT TO THREE, Door swings wide—what’s it gonna be? [Verse 2] We are the knock that your porch light knows, Drumline boots where the north wind blows. Jack’s grin wider than a reaper’s blade, Caramel coins for the debts you’ve made. Lanterns swarm like a moth-made crown, Black cat judges every town. Candy’s currency, candle’s law— Break the pact and feel that claw. [Pre-Chorus] Listen to the bones of the apple cart— “Every treat buys back your heart.” [Chorus – Bigger, Faster] TRICK OR TITHE—PICK YOUR PRICE! Honey for the hungry or we roll the dice. TRICK OR TITHE—HEAR THEM FEED! Sweeten up the shadows or the shadows take the lead. PAY! the sugar, salt, and bread, STAY! the rake of the restless dead— TRICK OR TITHE—COUNT TO THREE, Door swings wide—what’s it gonna be? [Bridge – Folky Breakdown → Metal Drop] (Bouzouki + fiddle, handclaps) Give a bite to the night, keep the night from your bones, Set a plate on the step for the nameless unknowns. (Full band slams in) Blood remembers—streets repeat, The law is simple: trick or treat. [Solo – Fiddle vs. Guitar Duel] [Breakdown – Call & Response] Caller: Who keeps peace on All Hallows’ Street? Crowd: We do—paying with a treat! Caller: What buys time till the church bells peal? Crowd: Bread and honey, spun sugar seal! All: Miss the tithe, the trick runs wild— House by house, child by child. [Final Chorus – Double-Time Gallop + Gang Shouts] TRICK OR TITHE—PICK YOUR PRICE! Honey for the hungry or we roll the dice. TRICK OR TITHE—HEAR THEM FEED! Sweeten up the shadows or the shadows take the lead. SEAL! the night with candlelight, DEAL! your sweets to hold the rite— TRICK OR TITHE—COUNT TO THREE, Door swings wide—what’s it gonna be? [Tag – A cappella + Stomp] Treat buys mercy, trick buys grief— Choose your coin, choose your belief.
