[Verse 1] Watch your words, now count them twice, Remember all magic has a price, Breath is bait and vows are binding, Night keeps ledger, inked in bone, What you asked for in the darkness Might have heard you. Might have come. [Pre-Chorus] Midnight leaning close, Hush now, don’t you cower, The veil is hanging by a thread We’ve reached the hour. [Chorus (chant)] Tick tock, the witching hour is here, Tick tock, Circles drawn the dead draw near, Tick tock, If you feel cold breath in your ear, Tick tock, the witching hour is here… Tick tock, tick tock. [Verse 2 – the bargains] Coins laid down on cypress wood, Honey, hair, and a drop of red, Say you would, say you could, Something hears what you said. Kiss the charm and speak it twice, don’t promise what you cannot keep, Every wish has a price, Every debt can walk and weep. Mirrors covered, doors undone, Footsteps circling the fire, don’t get to choose which one Answers what desire. [Pre-Chorus] Midnight breathing slow, Feel that pressure there, Every living heart about to make a prayer. [Chorus (chant)] Tick tock, the witching hour is here, Tick tock, Circles drawn and the dead draw near, Tick tock, If you feel cold breath in your ear, Tick tock, the witching hour is here… Tick tock, tick tock. [Bridge – prophecy in the square] Tarot turning in Jackson Square, Under shadow where the cathedral stares, Queens and towers, rope and blade, Your whole life laid out in pairs. see the bargain in your mouth, see the thing behind your eyes, fold the cards, the wind goes south Too late for goodbyes. [Final Chorus – frantic, possessed] Tick tock, the witching hour is here, Tick tock, All you borrowed reappear, Tick tock, Nothing owed just disappears, Tick tock, the witching hour is here… Tick tock, tick tock.
