[Intro ] ( hush now, baby, don’t you cry ) ( mama’s eyes have changed tonight ) ( shadow’s crawling, crawling high ) ( something holy’s in the fight ) [Verse 1 ] In the flicker of the hallway light, Mama hums in the dead of night, Silver crucifix turns to rust, Holy water fogs in dust. She’s bound by leather, dreamless sleep, Saints above and souls beneath, Eyes rolled white, a storm inside, Something screams, but can’t decide. [Pre-Chorus ] Candles melt in Latin tones, Old words shake these broken bones, Heaven’s in the rafters, Hell’s beneath the floor, Faith on the ceiling, Devil at the door. [Chorus ] Shake, rattle, holy chain Demon’s in the room again! Pray, play, cruci-cray, crazy flame “Vade retro, say my name!” Laugh, cry, multiply, lullaby Saint Michael, fly, purify! Shake, rattle, holy chain, The Devil’s in the nursery again! [Verse 2 ] She whispers psalms through grinding teeth, Rosary beads like serpent wreaths, Children’s laughter ghosts the walls, Faint as the hymn the priest recalls. Voices duel in stereo pain, Half in Latin, half profane, A battle in the chest’s tight drum, Where mercy hums, “Thy kingdom come.” [Bridge ] Ora pro nobis, Maria, Sancte Michael, defende mea, Exsurgat Deus, let God arise, And scatter what’s left of these lullabies. [Verse 3 ] Flash of home, her garden’s grace, Now twisted vines in a haunted place. A laugh remembered, a dinner light, Flickers in her fevered sight. The straps pull tight, the air turns thin, The demon howls through borrowed skin, “Your faith is fraud!”, it mocks the prayer, Till love itself fills up the air. [Chorus] Shake, rattle, holy chain Demon’s in the room again! Pray, play, cruci-cray, crazy flame “Vade retro, say my name!” Laugh, cry, multiply, lullaby Saint Michael, fly purify! Shake, rattle, holy chain, The Devil’s in the nursery again! [Final Verse / Outro] Now silence drips where screams had been, The priest exhales, the war grows thin, Her pulse returns, her breath a psalm, A tear, a name her final calm. Through cracks of dawn, the sunlight weaves, Through holy ash and autumn leaves. The house exhales, the storm undone God’s last word: It is begun. [Outro ] Mama’s home... But she still hums... At night.. When the shadows come...
