Boogeyman Never Gives Up

[Intro]
[layers of whispers, very close]
Under your bed
Under your skin
Breath on your neck
I’m back again (shh)
[Verse 1]
Clock hits three
Walls breathe in
Door hinge twitch
Cold grin, "we begin"
Dust on toys
Eyes still move
Shadow on the ceiling
Crawls toward you
Footsteps soft
Carpet never creaks
But the closet cracks open
And something speaks
Tiny little laugh
Right behind your ear
"I live in the crack
Between heartbeat and fear"
[Chorus]
Boogeyman never gives up
I’m the thought you can’t cut loose
Every prayer, every light you touch
I just learn new ways through you
Boogeyman never gives up
Say my name, I wake right up
Close your eyes, I climb right up
Boogeyman, Boogeyman never gives up
[Verse 2]
Mom walks in
Room looks fine
Smile too wide
"I was here the whole time"
Hand-me-down mirror
Glass hairline split
But your face in the middle
Ain’t really a fit
Curtain at the window
Breathing like a lung
Teeth in the pattern
Where there should’ve been sun
"I don’t need claws
To carve you in two
I make your own mind
Do my work for you"
[Chorus]
Boogeyman never gives up
I’m the thought you can’t cut loose
Every prayer, every light you touch
I just learn new ways through you
Boogeyman never gives up
Say my name, I wake right up
Close your eyes, I climb right up
Boogeyman, Boogeyman never gives up
[Verse 3]
You grow up fast
New town, new bed
But the same old hand
On the back of your head
Office lights hum
Yet the floor feels wet
Hallway too long
Air thick with regret
You tell your friends
They laugh, they joke
Till their kids start screaming
At shapes in the smoke
"I outlast locks
Therapy, pills
You can dull the edge
But I sharpen the chills"
[Chorus]
Boogeyman never gives up
I’m the stain you can’t wash clean
Every age, every time you blink
I rewrite your favorite dream
Boogeyman never gives up
Say my name, I wake right up
Close your eyes, I climb right up
Boogeyman, Boogeyman never gives up
[Outro]
[whispers circling, fading]
Under your bed
Under your skin
You think you’re alone
I slip back in (shh)

rap, Sinister horror rap with whispered male vocals over crawling, detuned bass and sparse, off-kilter percussion. Verses stack eerie vocal layers and panned whispers; chorus snaps in with a clearer lead voice, hypnotic chant, and looming sub. Subtle risers and reverse reverbs deepen the nightmare tension, final hook erupts in dense gang whispers around the main vocal., beats