[Verse 1: Horrorcore male MC, low rasping horrorcore over knocking drums and bowed upright bass] Three o'clock, my eyes come open but my arms won't move Somethin' heavy on my ribs, and it's got somethin' to prove Cold breath on my collar like a freezer door And I can hear it countin' backwards from a hundred and four Can't turn my head, can't lift a finger off the sheet Only thing I feel is ice that's creepin' up from my feet Every night the same, it settles like a sack of sand Pressin' down a little harder than a grown man can Doctor said it's stress, the pharmacist said tea But a cup of chamomile don't climb on top of me [Hook: Horrorcore MC, heavy, the bowed bass swelling under every line] Somethin' on my chest and it's been sittin' there for years Every night at three it puts its mouth against my ears I can hold my breath, I can hold it 'til my death But it don't get off of me 'til I get it off my chest [Verse 2: Horrorcore MC, colder, clanking metal percussion between the snares] Tried to sleep in the recliner, tried to sleep in the car Tried the couch with the TV and a nightlight like a star Didn't matter where I laid, it found the place I lay Climbed aboard at three o'clock and wouldn't go away Then one night it got heavier, a hundred pounds of lead And it said my name the way that only Danny ever said Not Richard, not Rich, it was "Ricky" with a crack Like he yelled it in the woods the night I never doubled back Halloween, twelve years old, a dare beyond the fence I ran home without him, and I lied in my defense Told his mother he went first, I told the deputies the same They found him by the creek at dawn, and he never said my name Never spoke to me again, they moved away by fall And the weight that's on my chest is just as heavy and as small [Verse 3: Horrorcore MC, clock-strike hits, three full-band hits for three o'clock, then the drums come back heavy] One. Two. Three. I'm awake and it is here So I open up my mouth and say it plain and say it clear "Danny, I ran. Danny, I lied. Danny, I was scared I left you in the dark and then I swore I wasn't there" And the weight begins to shift like a kid climbin' off a bed Cold breath on my cheek, and then a little warmth instead Then my arms come back, my fingers find the lamp And there's nothin' on the blanket but a print that's small and damp Two sneakers by the bed, size four and caked in creek mud And I sleep 'til nine o'clock, and I wake up feelin' good [Final Hook: Horrorcore MC, full weight, everything in] Somethin' on my chest and it's been sittin' there for years Every night at three it puts its mouth against my ears I can hold my breath, I can hold it 'til my death But it don't get off of me 'til I get it off my chest [End]
