[Verse 1]
Black lipstick on a cracked mirror face
Skeleton grin, yeah, I’m drifting through space
Everybody’s scared of the things in the dark
But I feel more alive with a knife through the heart
Candles flicker when I walk in the room
Flowers dying with the scent of perfume
You can lock every window and hide under sheets
But you still hear my footsteps dragging the street
[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t cry at my funeral
Don’t bury me deep
I don’t wanna rest in peace
[Chorus]
When I die, I wanna be a haunter
Living in the shadows getting colder, darker
Rattling chains in the back of your mind
Laughing when you swear you saw my eyes
I’ll be dancing in the hallways at midnight
Making all your pretty little porch lights glitch white
You can run but I’ll still find ya
When I die, I’ll be the haunter
[Verse 2]
Fog rolling heavy through the cemetery gates
Hear me humming while you’re lying awake
Every rumor in the town says my name
Like a cursed little ghost in a runaway flame
Footprints leading where nobody stood
Whispers in the attic under rotten wood
You can call a priest, holy water, all that
Still hear me singing through the radio static
[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t pray for salvation
Don’t beg me to leave
I finally became me
[Chorus]
When I die, I wanna be a haunter
Living in the shadows getting colder, darker
Rattling chains in the back of your mind
Laughing when you swear you saw my eyes
I’ll be dancing in the hallways at midnight
Making all your pretty little porch lights glitch white
You can run but I’ll still find ya
When I die, I’ll be the haunter
[Bridge]
Oooh… hear the floorboards creak
Oooh… that’s just me underneath
No heaven shining down on me tonight
Just neon gravestones and a moonless sky
[Final Chorus]
When I die, I wanna be a haunter
King of every nightmare, every monster
Turning all your dreams into black and blue
Leaving ghostly fingerprints all over you
I’ll be humming from the backseat at red lights
Smiling through the TV in the dead night
You can scream but it’s too late now
Baby, I became the haunted