Shadow Realm Lullaby

[Intro]

[slow breathing in the dark]

Hear that?

Clock clicks

Teeth grit

Floorboards shift

[Verse 1]

Black coat

Wet steps on the hallway stone

Name scratched

Under paint on a busted phone

Every missed call

Another mark on the bedroom door

You pray

But the prayer don’t reach this floor

Cold dust

Dancing in a thin blue beam

Eye in the crack

Just watching you bleed and dream

Shadow on the wall

But the shadow starts walking free

You blink once

Then it’s breathing where you used to be (hah)

[Chorus]

Welcome to the shadow realm

Where your last breath writes the film

Every nightmare plays for real

You can scream but the dark won’t feel

Welcome to the shadow realm

Once you’re in

There’s no escape route

Still

You can claw till your nails all peel

But the room won’t break

Just your will (yeah)

[Verse 2]

Sink slow

Into sheets that refuse to move

Hands wrapped

Round your throat like a wedding noose

Mirror in the corner

Shows you as a meatless frame

Eyes black

Mouth cracked

But it says your name

Footprints

On the ceiling dripping pitch

Something in the vent

Keeps humming that static pitch

Check under the bed?

You’ll find where your body stayed

While something else

Walked out in your perfect shape (hah, listen)

[Chorus]

Welcome to the shadow realm

Where your last breath writes the film

Every nightmare plays for real

You can scream but the dark won’t feel

Welcome to the shadow realm

Once you’re in

There’s no escape route

Still

You can claw till your nails all peel

But the room won’t break

Just your will (uh)

[Bridge]

Who’s that

Talking in your own low tone? (who’s that?)

Why’s it

Answering your mother’s phone?

Heart thump

Out of time

Out of tune with you

’Cause the thing in your skin

Ain’t sharing the same blood truth (nah)

[Chorus]

Welcome to the shadow realm

Where your last breath writes the film

Every nightmare plays for real

You can scream but the dark won’t feel

Welcome to the shadow realm

Once you’re in

There’s no escape route

Still

You can claw till your nails all peel

But the room won’t break

Just your will

[Outro]

[breathing closer

Almost whispering]

Shadow realm

Shadow realm (shh)

Leave your light at the door

You ain’t leaving anymore