[Intro - Massive low guitar riff, mechanical drums] [Deep male voice] Don't sing. Don't speak. Don't... [Band stops] [Whisper, extremely close] "...too late." [RIFF SLAMS BACK IN] [Verse 1] Needle drops. Speakers breathe. Something moves Where sound should leave. Not in the verse. Not in the song. It waits in the silence When the music is gone. One second. Maybe two. That's all the time It needs from you. Every pause. Every crack. Something's living... Between the tracks. [Pre-Chorus] Turn it up! Drown it out! KEEP THAT BLOODY JUKEBOX LOUD! Because when the music Falls away— It moves. [Chorus] DON'T LET THE MUSIC STOP! DON'T LET THE NEEDLE DROP! KEEP THAT JUKEBOX SCREAMING TILL THE WHOLE DAMN BUILDING ROCKS! DON'T GIVE IT SILENCE! DON'T GIVE IT BLACK! THERE'S SOMETHING GETTING CLOSER... BETWEEN... THE... TRACKS! [Band stops dead] [Silence] [Very close whisper] "Got you." [CRUSHING RIFF] [Verse 2] I heard footsteps Behind the beat. One step closer Every repeat. I killed the volume. Bad mistake. Something in the darkness Started to wake. No face. No eyes. Just a shape Where the dead air lies. Then the jukebox Flashed blood-red— PLAY ANOTHER... OR YOU'RE DEAD. [Pre-Chorus] Turn it up! Let it roar! I heard something Scratch the door! Every second Without a sound— It's closer. [Chorus] DON'T LET THE MUSIC STOP! DON'T LET THE NEEDLE DROP! KEEP THAT JUKEBOX SCREAMING TILL THE WHOLE DAMN BUILDING ROCKS! DON'T GIVE IT SILENCE! DON'T GIVE IT BLACK! THERE'S SOMETHING GETTING CLOSER... BETWEEN... THE... TRACKS! [Instrumental - Grinding palm-muted riff] [Bridge - Slow, mechanical] Then I understood. The warning was wrong. It wasn't hunting me Between every song. It wasn't the silence That let it get near. It was waiting... For something... Else. [Music strips to bass pulse] A voice from Door Eight Whispered in my ear— "The music needs a listener." [Pause] And suddenly... I knew. [BUILD] [Breakdown - Crushing half-time] IT DOESN'T CHASE YOU. IT DOESN'T ATTACK. IT RIDES INSIDE YOU... FROM TRACK... TO TRACK. EVERY CHORUS. EVERY BEAT. EVERY TIME YOU MOVE YOUR FEET. YOU LET IT IN. SONG BY SONG. AND NOW... IT'S BEEN WITH YOU... ALL... ALONG. [Massive riff] [Final Chorus] DON'T LET THE MUSIC STOP! DON'T LET THE NEEDLE DROP! KEEP THAT JUKEBOX SCREAMING TILL THE WHOLE DAMN BUILDING ROCKS! DON'T GIVE IT SILENCE! DON'T LOOK BACK! BECAUSE NOW I KNOW WHAT'S BEEN MOVING... BETWEEN... THE... TRACKS! [Chorus repeats heavier] DON'T LET THE MUSIC STOP! DON'T LET THE MUSIC STOP! DON'T LET THE— [Everything stops.] [Long silence] [Deep breathing, very close] [Male whisper] It's not behind me. [Pause] It's... [Very close second whisper] "Inside." [Low electrical hum] [One enormous guitar strike]
