Sleep now, sweet baby, the moon is asleep Something is scratching, but it's not a mouse's squeak Tiny teeth are grinding up in the loft Waiting for slumber to nibble you soft Fear rocks you gently, like a coffin on waves A shadow outside the window misbehaves Something drips from the ceiling - it’s not rain Look up and a shiver will run through your brain Don’t open your eyes, don’t call for your mum Or you’ll make the creature dangerously glum Don’t call your brother, don’t call your dad It’s already crawling… from under your bed Don’t move, my darling don’t fight the trembling Even as a phantom creeps from the blending Don’t look in the mirror that warps the reflection The face that you see is a foul deception Outside, something taps a finger on glass One, two, three… one-two-three, one-two-three Don’t count the tapping, don’t ask, “Who’s there?” The one who replies is cruel, beware In the basement, someone chuckles low With brother’s voice, but a demon's glow When your heart goes thump-thump in frightful beat It means something's waiting to crawl through your sleep To crawl through your sleep (sleep, sleep, sleep…) So sleep, little angel, let dreams pull you deep Let evil be fed on the fear that you keep For night has ears, and teeth And a knife And in dreams It waits to feast on your life
