[Restless Ground] [Verse 1] In a quiet cul-de-sac with lawns so trimmed and green, A child is mesmerized by the glowing silver screen. Steve and Diane watch the snow where signals used to play, As Carol Anne talks to the ghosts of static light and gray. [Pre-Chorus 1] The air begins to crackle with a cold, electric hum, A signal from the basement says the time has finally come. [Chorus 1] No walls can keep the darkness out when rising from the floor, The sanctuary fractures and becomes an open door. We build our lives on promises of safety and of grace, But we are only guests within a terrifying place. [Verse 2] Kitchen chairs are balanced in a tower high and steep, A grinning clown is waiting where the tired children sleep. A red tennis ball rolls slowly from the corner of the hall, As shadows start to lengthen and they dance across the wall. [Pre-Chorus 2] The oak tree branches scratch the glass like iron, heavy claws, Nature starts to break the weight of all its steady laws. [Chorus 2] The border of the world is far more fragile than it seems, Where the shadow of the past is bleeding through our quiet dreams. Our shelter is a hollow lie we tell ourselves at night, When every corner hides a truth that's shivering with fright. [Instrumental Break - Melodic Piano Solo and Warm Strings] [Bridge 1] Static from the TV screen is filling up the room, The oak tree drags the boy into a twisted wooden tomb. In the closet portal, white light swallows every sound, And Carol Anne is screaming where her voice cannot be found. [Verse 3] Tangina walks the hallways with a small and heavy stride, To find the little heartbeat where the angry spirits hide. They tie the safety rope around Diane’s frantic waist, To pull her from the dark abyss in desperate, sudden haste. [Pre-Chorus 3] The smell of ozone lingers where the carpet meets the dark, They reach into the void to find a single living spark. [Chorus 3] Love becomes the only rope when the earth begins to slide, Searching for the lost ones on the lonely other side. The bonds we form are tested by a cold and biting wind, When the architecture fails and the metal starts to bend. [Bridge 2] The muddy pool is churning with a long-forgotten debt, Skeletons are rising from a ground that won't forget. They moved the heavy headstones but they left the coffins deep, And now the restless tenants have a promise they must keep. [Verse 4] The Freeling family scrambles as the house begins to shake, The foundation starts to crumble like a mirror meant to break. They flee into the driveway as the roof begins to fold, Escaping from the horror that the buried secrets hold. [Pre-Chorus 4] The lights go out forever as the walls collapse within, The story of a happy home is stripped down to the skin. [Final Chorus] A home is only solid when the truth is in the ground, But peace is just a memory that never can be found. The monsters aren't outside the gate or knocking on the glass, They're waiting in the very dirt where every day we pass. [Outro] The static hums a song that never really goes away, A flicker on the screen before the breaking of the day. Just a blue and gray reflection in the middle of the night, Keep the children distant from the television light.
