Little Lantern

[Intro – Music Box Only] [tiny broken music box melody] [distant wind] [crow caws far away] [soft childlike humming] La-la-la… la-la-la… La-la-la… la-la-la… [whispered ad-lib: “Don’t go…”] [Artist 2 – Whispered, Distorted] Don’t… go… I heard you… [wood creaks] [breath behind you] [Artist 1 - Verse 1] Hush now, little lantern Don’t you leave the light Something in the wheat fields Learned your name tonight Tiny feet go running Through the mud and straw But the thing inside the scarecrow Doesn’t walk at all [Artist 2 – Whispered, Distorted , “I hear you…”] [crow wings flutter] [ Artist 1 -Pre-Chorus] Close your eyes Count to three Pray the dark Doesn’t breathe Hold your tongue [Artist 2 – Whispered, Distorted , “Don't You scream…”] When the crows sing It’s not a dream [Children choir -Chorus] Run, run, little one The old fear’s waking Bones in the barn And the floorboards shaking La-la-la, don’t look back Hear that sound? Hear that crack? [Artist 2 – Whispered, Distorted, "Run, run, little one""} The night keeps crawling Something with your mother’s voice Is calling La-la-la, hush your cry When the crows sing People die [Artist 2 - distorted ad-lib: “FEEEEAR…”] [music box detunes] [deep scarecrow breath] [Artist 1 - Verse 2] There’s a smile in the corn rows There’s a face with no skin There’s a laugh in the rafters Begging you to let it in It wears all their voices It knows every prayer It bends like a broken man But no man’s really there [Artist 2 - ad-libs: “Come closer…” / “Over here…” / “Help me…”] Little hands are shaking Little heart beats fast But fear is just a dinner bell And it has come to last [Artist 1 - Pre-Chorus 2] Close your eyes Count to ten If you hear Your name again Don’t reply Don’t believe Dead things know How to plead [Children Choir - Chorus] Run, run, little one The old fear’s waking Bones in the barn And the floorboards shaking La-la-la, don’t look back Hear that sound? Hear that crack? [Artist 2 – Whispered, Distorted, "Run, run, little one""} The night keeps crawling Something with your Father’s voice Is calling La-la-la, hush your cry When the crows sing People die [ Children choir Post-Chorus – Whisper Choir] La-la-la… Don’t breathe now La-la-la… Don’t turn around La-la-la… It found you now La-la-la… It found you now [crow swarm] [metal scrape] [low distorted growl] [Artist 1 - Bridge – Creepy Lullaby Breakdown] Sleep, sleep Underneath the floor Knock, knock [knock, knock] Something’s at the door Tick, tick [tick, tock] Hear the rafters bend Drip, drip [rain drop] That is not the rain Rock-a-bye terror Hung up in the tree When the branch breaks [branch snap] You belong to me [Artist 2 distorted ad-lib: “I WAS THERE…”] [Artist 2 whisper: “At the first scream…”] [music box slows] [Final Chorus –Artist 2 and children choir Bigger, More Terrifying] Run, run, little one The whole field’s breathing Black birds circle And the walls start bleeding La-la-la, don’t look back Hear that sound? Hear that crack? Run, run, little one Your shadow’s crawling Something with a dead man’s voice Is calling La-la-la, say goodbye When the crows sing People die [Final Post-Chorus – Artist 2 Layered Vocals] La-la-la… Fear is waking La-la-la… Bones are breaking La-la-la… No escaping La-la-la… No escaping [Artist 2 - distorted scream-ad-lib: “FEEEEAAARRR!”] [sudden silence] [Outro – Music Box Returns] Hush now, little lantern Don’t you leave the light Something in the wheat fields Learned your name tonight [music box winds down] [single crow caw] [Artist 2 - whisper right at the end: “Found you.”]