
Long Finger in the Dark
[Intro – isolated tapping, close-mic’d wood resonance, slow breathing] [tap… tap… tap…] [taps echo unevenly, left to right] [low sub rumble fades in like distant jungle night] "Shh…" "Don’t move." "I can hear the hollow." "I know exactly where you are." [breathing close, nasal, intimate] [tap… tap… tap…] [Verse 1 – Trip-hop beat drops, whispered, tapping as percussion] Midnight crawling through the trees, orange eyes cut through the leaves I can sense you from afar, tapping closer… closer… where you are~ [breath, slight wet mouth sound] Hollow spaces in the wood, something small in there… so good Press my ear against the grain, hear you shift, feel you strain (yes… ah yes… right there… mmh…) [slightly louder, more intent] Long and skeletal and thin, my third finger slips right in Tracing dark where light can’t guide, nowhere warm for you to hide Sweet and soft is what I crave, find you deep inside your cave Taste you on my tongue tonight, mushy, perfect… just one bite (just one bite) (just one bite) [Pre-Chorus – beat builds, vocals rise from whisper to breathy speak] They say I look like something off, fingers far too thin and long But I’m built to feel the dark, made to read the hollowed bark [voice drops, intimate, almost kind] You think I’m strange? You think I’m odd? [soft breath-laugh] That’s just how I touch the rot… [unsettling exhale] [Chorus – industrial drop, layered vocals, tapping as percussion] Aye-aye, I got my Eye on you Aye-aye, see what this finger do In the dark where no one sees, aye-aye… aye-aye… on my knees Both eyes locked, I’m closing in, feel my tapping on your skin Aye-aye know just where to probe, aye-aye… aye-aye… let me go~ _ _ _ _ deeper in the hole… (in the hole) Eye-Eye see you~ (in the hole) Eye-eye see you~ (in the hole) Eye-eye see you~ (in the hole) I work alone, don't need a pack, move in silence, don't look back Every trunk I pass, I test, tap tap tapping, never rest [closer, more intense] When you hear me drawing near, feel the rhythm of your fear Try to curl up, try to squeeze, but i'll still catch you with ease [breath catches, satisfied but restrained] Gnaw the bark to make it wide, pull you slow from deep inside You can wriggle, try to fight (mmh...) makes it better when you bite~ [whisper, clinical] Warm along my finger’s length, empty now of all your strength Lick it clean from tip to bone, move along... I hunt alone (hunt alone...) (all alone...) [Chorus 2 – industrial drop returns, heavier, more assured] Aye-aye, I got my Eye on you Aye-aye, watch what this finger do In the dark, when you’re asleep, aye-aye… aye-aye… digging deep Both eyes glowing, closing in, scraping under bark and skin Aye-aye know just where it hides, aye-aye… aye-aye… let me slide~ (deeper in the hole…) (in the hole) Eye-eye see you~ (in the hole) [Bridge – beat drops to low pulse, tapping sparse, voice close and conversational] Why you staring at me like that? Why your breath go short and fast? You see a finger, see my eyes, start inventing alibis [soft, amused exhale] I didn’t make you think these things, didn’t write the fear you bring I just tap and listen close– you fill in the rest… I suppose [slight chuckle under breath] Call me wrong, call me deranged, call me names you’re scared to say I’m just doing what I do… Funny what that does to you [Final Chorus – Full industrial drop, vocals layered riumphant/unhinged and slightly detuned] Aye-aye, I got my Eye on you Aye-aye, see what this finger do In the dark, when you're asleep, aye-aye… aye-aye… keeps digging deep Both eyes glowing, never blink, tap-tap tells me what you think Aye-aye know just where it hides, aye-aye… aye-aye… deep inside~ (deeper in the hole…) (in the hole) Eye-eye see you~ (in the hole) Eye-eye see you~ (in the hole) [Outro – beat gone, only forest night, tapping and breath] [tapping slows, irregular now] [soft hum, low in the throat] mm… mm… [quiet, content exhale] Found it… Sweet… So soft insid [whisper, receding] Always another tree… (always another…) Always something hiding… (something soft…) Always hungry… [tapping continues, fading into distance] tap… tap… tap… [final whisper, almost mistaken for wind] Aye-aye see you~ [one last tap] [silence]

