There’s a whisper in the pines tonight
Where the fire don’t burn quite right
Cracklin’ wood and a blood-red spark
And something breathing in the dark
Bootsteps circle just out of sight
Dragging chains through the edge of light
You turn around but there’s nothing there—
Just the cold and a distant stare
Don’t look back when the wind calls your name
Don’t feed the flame if it flickers strange
Tell me tales where the shadows creep
Where the woods don’t let you leave
Where the night has teeth that bite
And it’s always just past midnight
Hear the howl, feel the ground shake slow
There’s a place we don’t dare go
Pass the fire, don’t lose the light—
Some don’t make it through the night
There’s a cabin rotting past the trail
With a door that screams like a ghost in jail
Windows black but they watch you still
From the hollow of the hill
They say a man went missing there
Left his boots on the broken stair
And if you knock, he’ll let you in—
But you won’t come out again
Count your friends when the embers glow
Sometimes one ain’t who you know
Tell me tales where the shadows creep
Where the woods don’t let you leave
Where the night has teeth that bite
And it’s always just past midnight
Hear the howl, feel the ground shake slow
There’s a place we don’t dare go
Pass the fire, don’t lose the light—
Some don’t make it through the night
Did you hear that snap? That wasn’t a branch
Something’s circling wide in a slow, dark dance
Keep your voice low, don’t say a word
It learns your sound, it hunts what it heard
The fire’s dying… don’t let it fade
That’s when the things in the dark get brave
And if it smiles with too many teeth—
Don’t let it know you can’t breathe
Tell me tales where the shadows creep
Where the woods don’t let you leave
Where the night has teeth that bite
And it’s always just past midnight
Hear the howl, feel the ground shake slow
There’s a place we don’t dare go
Hold that flame like your only right—
Or you’ll be the tale… next night
So pass the story, don’t break the chain
Keep the fire… or feel the rain
And if you hear your name out there—
No one called you… beware
