The Babadook

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Another song for my Halloween themed album.

[instrumental intro]
[Verse]
When night creeps in shadows take hold
Grief wraps tight like a story untold
A darker place a deeper well (deepr well)
Where whispers linger where nightmares dwell (nightmares dwell)

[Prechorus]
Anxiety stabs sharp and cold
A knife that twists a tale retold

[Chorus]
Leave me alone I cry to the dark
Footsteps echo they leave their mark
The Babadook lurking in the gloom  (gloom)
Whispered dread fills the room (the room)

[Verse 2]
Just before dawn depression calls
Silent screams bounce off the walls
A fragile heart a fleeting fight
The monster grows in the fading light

[Chorus is by lead vocals and the back vocals in full power]
Leave me alone I cry to the dark
Footsteps echo they leave their mark
The Babadook lurking in the gloom
Whispered dread fills the room

[Bridge]
It’s not just shadows it’s not just dreams
A face in the dark or so it seems
Breathe shallow hide from the crook
But you can’t escape the Babadook

[Guitar solo]

[outro]
I am not afraid of the babadook
I am so tired, I am so so so..
so soooo
the babadook

[Intro – soft piano + faint strings, reverb drones]
[Verse 1 – female vocals, piano, low synth pad]
When night creeps in shadows take hold
Grief wraps tight like a story untold
A darker place a deeper well (deeper well)
Where whispers linger where nightmares dwell (nightmares dwell)
[Prechorus – female vocals, tabla accents, tense strings swell]
Anxiety stabs sharp and cold
A knife that twists a tale retold
[Chorus – female vocals, full choir, electro beat, grunge guitar, slide guitar echoes]
Leave me alone I cry to the dark
Footsteps echo they leave their mark
The Babadook lurking in the gloom (gloom)
Whispered dread fills the room (the room)
[Verse 2 – female vocals, piano, grunge guitar textures, tabla pulse]
Just before dawn depression calls
Silent screams bounce off the walls
A fragile heart a fleeting fight
The monster grows in the fading light
[Chorus – female vocals, choir stronger, distorted guitars, strings soaring]
Leave me alone I cry to the dark
Footsteps echo they leave their mark
The Babadook lurking in the gloom (gloom)
Whispered dread fills the room (the room)
[Bridge – female vocals, tabla, synth FX, whisper layers in stereo]
It’s not just shadows it’s not just dreams
A face in the dark or so it seems
Breathe shallow hide from the crook
But you can’t escape the Babadook
[Guitar Solo – female vocals, distorted slide guitar, choir chants, echo FX]
the babadook (the babadook, the babadook)
the babadook (bob, bob, bob, bob)
the babadook (the babadook, the babadook)
[Outro – instruments fade one by one → piano, then tabla, then guitars, then strings → only vocals remain]
I am not afraid of the babadook
I am so tired, I am so so so… (so so) so soooo (soo so)
*the lead whispers*
the babadook 
[FX: footsteps fade + door creak to end.]
[end]

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Another song for my Halloween themed album. [instrumental intro] [Verse] When night creeps in shadows take hold Grief wraps tight like a story untold A darker place a deeper well (deepr well) Where whispers linger where nightmares dwell (nightmares dwell) [Prechorus] Anxiety stabs sharp and cold A knife that twists a tale retold [Chorus] Leave me alone I cry to the dark Footsteps echo they leave their mark The Babadook lurking in the gloom (gloom) Whispered dread fills the room (the room) [Verse 2] Just before dawn depression calls Silent screams bounce off the walls A fragile heart a fleeting fight The monster grows in the fading light [Chorus is by lead vocals and the back vocals in full power] Leave me alone I cry to the dark Footsteps echo they leave their mark The Babadook lurking in the gloom Whispered dread fills the room [Bridge] It’s not just shadows it’s not just dreams A face in the dark or so it seems Breathe shallow hide from the crook But you can’t escape the Babadook [Guitar solo] [outro] I am not afraid of the babadook I am so tired, I am so so so.. so soooo the babadook [Intro – soft piano + faint strings, reverb drones] [Verse 1 – female vocals, piano, low synth pad] When night creeps in shadows take hold Grief wraps tight like a story untold A darker place a deeper well (deeper well) Where whispers linger where nightmares dwell (nightmares dwell) [Prechorus – female vocals, tabla accents, tense strings swell] Anxiety stabs sharp and cold A knife that twists a tale retold [Chorus – female vocals, full choir, electro beat, grunge guitar, slide guitar echoes] Leave me alone I cry to the dark Footsteps echo they leave their mark The Babadook lurking in the gloom (gloom) Whispered dread fills the room (the room) [Verse 2 – female vocals, piano, grunge guitar textures, tabla pulse] Just before dawn depression calls Silent screams bounce off the walls A fragile heart a fleeting fight The monster grows in the fading light [Chorus – female vocals, choir stronger, distorted guitars, strings soaring] Leave me alone I cry to the dark Footsteps echo they leave their mark The Babadook lurking in the gloom (gloom) Whispered dread fills the room (the room) [Bridge – female vocals, tabla, synth FX, whisper layers in stereo] It’s not just shadows it’s not just dreams A face in the dark or so it seems Breathe shallow hide from the crook But you can’t escape the Babadook [Guitar Solo – female vocals, distorted slide guitar, choir chants, echo FX] the babadook (the babadook, the babadook) the babadook (bob, bob, bob, bob) the babadook (the babadook, the babadook) [Outro – instruments fade one by one → piano, then tabla, then guitars, then strings → only vocals remain] I am not afraid of the babadook I am so tired, I am so so so… (so so) so soooo (soo so) *the lead whispers* the babadook [FX: footsteps fade + door creak to end.] [end]

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