Halloween Has Come For You

Lyrics

[Intro] The porch light blinks twice Something scratches below [Verse 1] You left your coat by the old front gate Now it swings though the air is still A cold hand turns the garden latch And the house forgets its will Candles lean in the kitchen glass Their flames point down the hall You hear your name from the upstairs room But nobody lives there at all [Pre-Chorus] Count the steps, hold your breath Don’t look back, don’t ask what’s next [Chorus] Raise the dead, let the night break loose Black cat grin and a crooked moon When the floorboards shake, you know the truth Halloween has come for you Raise the dead, hear the whole town roar Three slow knocks at the bedroom door If you run, they’ll follow through Halloween has come for you [Verse 2] There’s a red scarf caught on the fence That belonged to a girl last spring The scarecrow’s head is facing the road And its straw hands start to swing A radio coughs from the empty shed Playing one forgotten tune Every window fills with watching eyes Underneath a paper moon [Pre-Chorus] Count the steps, hold your breath Don’t look back, don’t ask what’s next [Chorus] Raise the dead, let the night break loose Black cat grin and a crooked moon When the floorboards shake, you know the truth Halloween has come for you Raise the dead, hear the whole town roar Three slow knocks at the bedroom door If you run, they’ll follow through Halloween has come for you [Bridge] No silver, no prayer, no key in the lock The clock strikes twelve and forgets how to stop Your heartbeat joins the marching feet Down every stair, beneath the street [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] Raise the dead, let the night break loose Black cat grin and a crooked moon When the floorboards shake, you know the truth Halloween has come for you Raise the dead, hear the whole town roar Three slow knocks at the bedroom door If you run, they’ll follow through Halloween has come for you [Outro] The porch light blinks twice Then the whole house smiles