[Intro — whispered, footsteps with echo] Step by step. Count them low. Do not hurry. Do not go. [Verse 1] Down the hollow, stripped of light, Concrete breath and absence bright. A stair that eats the sound of day, SCP-087 keeps the world away. We count the steps with trembling skin, Each one a promise to begin. Faces press behind the wall, Soft and patient — waiting, small. [Pre-Chorus — breathy] One more step, one more breath, The dark remembers every depth. [Chorus — thin, mournful lead] Descend into the stair, SCP-087, Where echoes learn to keep your name. Descend and feel the hush, the hollowed air, You’ll never climb the same again. Descend — don’t crawl, don’t run, don’t shout, SCP-087 will find the doubt. [Verse 2] Numbers fade like candlewax, Voices fold and then collapse. A child hums a lullaby untold, A voice like glass, both young and old. We shine our lights and they retreat, Eyes that follow every beat. SCP-087 hums soft and slow, A memory that will not go. [Pre-Chorus — whispered] Another step, another fade, The stair will give what hope betrayed. [Bridge — layered distant voices, barely audible] Listen close — the stair calls names, Remembered children, flickering frames. We tried to map the empty deep, But SCP-087 keeps what we can’t keep. [Chorus — fuller, with distant choir] Descend into the stair, SCP-087, Where echoes learn to keep your name. Descend and feel the hush, the hollowed air, You’ll never climb the same again. Descend — the steps will claim your fright, SCP-087 owns the night. [Breakdown — single piano note, long silence, a soft whisper] (“Don’t stop counting… Don’t stop coming…”) [Final Chorus — fragile, intimate] Descend, descend, SCP-087, Hold your breath and mark the frame. Descend until the world thins out, Until you’re nothing but a name. Descend — the staircase keeps the cost, SCP-087 — what’s gained is lost. [Outro — whisper into static, footsteps fade] Step by step. Count them low. Do not hurry. Do not go.
