[Intro - Distant Humming] [Group] Mmm... Mmm... [Whispered Voices] At the end of the street Where the streetlights stop There's a house nobody talks about [Low Voice] Not after dark [Verse 1 - Female Lead] There's a house at the end of the street With a broken gate and a dead oak tree Windows black for twenty years But every Halloween A light appears Everybody knows the story Everybody knows the dare Walk up slowly Knock three times And prove there's nothing there [Low Voices] One... Two... Three... [Knocking Vocal Effect] [Group Whisper] Don't go in [Verse 2 - Female Lead] I laughed and pushed the old gate wide Dead leaves turning beneath my feet Halfway up the crooked path I heard somebody whisper to me [Whispered Voice] Turn around I stopped Looked back Nobody there Just my friends by the streetlight Waiting for me So I climbed the steps Raised my hand Before I knocked— The door opened [Group] Ooooooh... [Chorus - Full Ensemble] The house at the end of the street Knows every name Knows every secret you keep The house at the end of the street If it lets you inside It might never let you leave [Low Voices] Come inside Come inside [High Voices] Don't go Don't go [Full Group] The house at the end of the street [Verse 3 - Female Lead] No dust on the floor No cobwebs above Just pictures hanging on every wall Faces I knew Faces from town People who disappeared years ago Then I saw one empty frame Fresh and clean Waiting there A little silver plaque underneath With my name Carved into it [Beat Stops] [Female Lead] No... [Whispered Group] Yes... [Chorus - Building] The house at the end of the street Knows every name Knows every secret you keep The house at the end of the street If it lets you inside It might never let you leave [Low Voices] Stay awhile Stay awhile [High Voices] Run now Run now [Full Group] The house at the end of the street [Bridge - Layered Whispers] [Female Lead] I ran for the door But the hallway grew [Whispered Voices] Longer... I called for my friends But the only voice [Whispered Voices] Was yours... [Female Lead] Who's there? [Young Female Whisper] You are [Female Lead] What do you want? [Whispered Group] Nothing... [Low Voice] The house does [Female Lead] LET ME OUT! [Full Group - Sudden Hit] SHHH! [Silence] [Low Vocal Pulse] Dum... Dum... Dum... [Verse 4 - New Lead] There's a house at the end of the street With a broken gate and a dead oak tree My friends say somebody went inside Last Halloween Never came back out But that's just a story Right? [Another Voice] Then go knock [Group] Ooooooh... [New Lead] Fine [Low Voices] One... Two... Three... [Knocking Vocal Effect] [Door Creak Vocal Effect] [Original Female Voice - Distant Whisper] Don't come in [New Lead] Hello? [Original Female Voice] Please... Run [Final Chorus - Haunting Full Ensemble] The house at the end of the street Knows every name Knows every secret you keep The house at the end of the street If it lets you inside It might never let you leave [Low Voices] Come inside Come inside [High Voices] Don't go Don't go [Original Female Voice] Turn around... [Full Group] The house at the end of the street [Outro - Voices Fading] [Group] Mmm... Mmm... [Original Female Voice - Very Distant] At the end of the street Where the streetlights stop... [Whisper] There's a house [Low Voice] And now it knows your name
