Bad Time Story (Crimson Remix)

Shh Quiet now The walls are listening again Don’t move Don’t blink Don’t make me start from the bad part Once upon a time in a house made of heat Where the floorboards groaned underneath your feet Every promise curled like smoke in the hall Every family portrait watched the ash fall There was a girl with a mouth full of prayers And a smile stitched up like nobody cared There was a boy with a match in his hand Saying love like a lie no one understands In the kitchen the glass kept singing your name In the bedroom the mirror learned all your shame In the walls something small started scratching to live Like a debt coming back for the change you gave Did you hear that sound No you didn’t That was only the house breathing in Did you feel that shift No you didn’t That was only the dark settling in Hush now Head down Something’s at the door No sound Don’t ask What it wants you for Red words Thin skin Clock hands cut the air Bad luck Bad blood Bad things everywhere It’s a bad time story Written in red With a soft little voice And a mouth full of dread It’s a bad time story Turn the lock Kill the light Where the monsters don’t chase you They wait there inside It’s a bad time story Say my name Say goodnight Say you never saw the shadows moving right It’s a bad time story Don’t you worry Don’t you cry You were lost long before they kissed the sky Sleep now Sleep now Sleep now in the dust Sleep now Sleep now Everything breaks if you touch it too much Thirteen struck and the whole house smiled Like a mother gone wrong with a dead-eyed child Wolf at the door with a gentleman’s grin Clawing polite just to let himself in Under the bed all the secrets went wet Every sorry little thing you were trying to forget There’s a crown in the dirt and a dress in the drain And a princess blue-lipped from forgetting her name You can tell me you’re good You can tell me you tried But the truth leaves a taste you can’t wash from the tongue You can hold your breath still You can close both your eyes But the dark knows the shape of the things that you’ve done Did you hear that laugh Low and broken Like a hymn with the throat torn out Did you hear me cry No you didn’t I was smiling when I drowned it out Hush now Head down Something’s in the walls No God No help No one hears your calls Cold hands Small teeth Pulling at the thread Bad dream Bad seed Bad thoughts in your head It’s a bad time story Written in red With a soft little voice And a mouth full of dread It’s a bad time story Turn the lock Kill the light Where the monsters don’t chase you They wait there inside It’s a bad time story Say my name Say goodnight Say you never saw the shadows moving right It’s a bad time story Don’t you worry Don’t you cry You were lost long before they kissed the sky I was only telling you the truth That’s what you wanted Wasn’t it I was only pulling back the sheet So you could see what sleeps beneath it Bad times make bad hearts Bad hearts make bad homes Bad homes make ghosts And ghosts don’t leave Bad words in the mouth Black mold in the lungs Love with a switchblade smile Twisting underneath Shh Listen The mice in the floor The nails in the beams The breath in the vent The hand in your dreams The click in the hall The weight on the stair The voice that says No one is there Shh Again The crack in the glass The hymn in reverse The dirt in the bed The kiss and the curse The shape in the door The teeth in the grin The thing you call evil Has always lived in It’s a bad time story It’s a bad time story Written in red It’s a bad time story No more glory No more sun Morning only comes for certain ones There now Much better Close your eyes Lie still Let the dust decide what you become And if the sun forgets to rise Don’t be afraid You were never meant To wake up