[INTRO – HAUNTED MUSIC BOX, DISTANT THUNDER, WHISPERING WITCHES] Midnight strikes... The candles cry... Who stole the moon From the Halloween sky? [OLD FEMALE WHISPER] Lock the doors... [DEEP MALE VOICE] THEY'RE ALREADY INSIDE! [VERSE 1 – CROOKED WALTZ, THEATRICAL MALE BARITONE] Three black cats upon the stair, Seven ravens in your hair. Dusty chandeliers descend, Welcome, darling, meet your end! Velvet gowns and crooked smiles, Dancing down the endless aisles. One old witch begins to sing, Then the walls start whispering! [PRE-CHORUS – OPERATIC FEMALE VOICES, BUILDING VIOLINS] Stir the shadows! Wake the dead! Put a pumpkin on your head! Turn the key and kill the light! WELCOME TO THE BALL TONIGHT! [ABRUPT STOP] [WHISPER] ...Mind the stairs. [EXPLOSIVE BREAKCORE DROP] [CHORUS – MASSIVE CHOIR, DISTORTED BRASS, HEAVY GUITARS] DANCE! DANCE! AT THE WITCHES' BALL! STOMP YOUR FEET TILL THE CASTLE FALLS! HA! HA! HEAR THE BANSHEES SING! SPIN THAT BROOM AND SHAKE YOUR WINGS! TWIST! TWIST! UNDER THE MOON! THE DEAD ARE WAKING UP TOO SOON! HEY! HEY! THE DEVIL'S HERE! HAPPY HALLOWEEN, MY DEAR! [POST-CHORUS – MANIC CHILDREN'S CHOIR] Trick or treat! Bite my feet! Candy-coated skeleton meat! La-la-la! BOO! BOO! BOO! THE WITCHES ARE COMING FOR YOU! [VERSE 2 – MANIC ACCORDION, RAPID-FIRE CABARET] The count has lost his wooden teeth, The ghost is tap-dancing underneath. A headless horseman plays trombone, A zombie answers his phone! The pumpkin king is turning green, The ugliest thing you've ever seen. The DJ's dead, the bass is loud, THE WEREWOLVES HAVE JOINED THE CROWD! [GLITCH STOP – DEEP WHISPER] Who invited the priest? [DEMENTED FEMALE LAUGHTER] SHE DID! [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK – VIRTUOSIC FIDDLE, HARPSICHORD, BREAKCORE] [WITCH CHANT – CALL AND RESPONSE] Who owns the night? THE WITCHES! Who starts the fire? THE WITCHES! Who stole the moon? THE WITCHES! WHO'S PAYING FOR THE DAMAGE?! [EVERYONE SCREAMS] NOBODY! [OPERATIC INTERLUDE – GRAND GOTHIC CHOIR] O NOCTURNA! MATER MORTIS! RAISE THE DEAD AND OPEN THE PORTALS! [BREAKDOWN – HALF-TIME METAL, STOMPING CHOIR] BLACK HAT! CROOKED NOSE! EVERYBODY LOSES CLOTHES! [ABRUPT STOP] [DEEP MALE VOICE] ...Except the skeletons. [HEAVY BREAKCORE DROP] WITCH! WITCH! LIGHT THE FLAME! DEAD! DEAD! SAY MY NAME! LEFT! RIGHT! ROUND WE GO! DOWN BELOW! DOWN BELOW! [COMPLETE SILENCE – DISTANT CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE] [SOFT FEMALE VOICE] The ball is over... [PAUSE] ...One more dance? [FINAL CHORUS – MAXIMUM CHAOS, FULL OPERA AND GANG VOCALS] DANCE! DANCE! AT THE WITCHES' BALL! STOMP YOUR FEET TILL THE CASTLE FALLS! HA! HA! HEAR THE BANSHEES SING! SPIN THAT BROOM AND SHAKE YOUR WINGS! TWIST! TWIST! UNDER THE MOON! THE DEAD ARE WAKING UP TOO SOON! HEY! HEY! THE DEVIL'S HERE! HAPPY HALLOWEEN, MY DEAR! [FINAL CHANT – CROWD, DISTORTED CALLIOPE] ROUND AND ROUND! UPSIDE DOWN! BURN THE KING! CROWN THE CLOWN! ROUND AND ROUND! ONE MORE NIGHT! SEE YOU ALL... [WHISPER] ...Next Halloween. [ONE DETUNED MUSIC BOX NOTE] [END]
