The Nightmare Hunter

[Verse 1]
Eyes close
City falls away
Clock dies
Dreams begin to fray
Footsteps
On the underside
I walk
Where the shadows hide
[Chorus]
I am the nightmare hunter (nightmare hunter)
Bleeding through your broken sleep
When your terror grows and your voice is weak
I drag your monsters to the deep
I am the nightmare hunter (nightmare hunter)
Tear their faces
Break their teeth
You wake up shaking in tangled sheets
Never knowing what I made bleed
[Verse 2]
Your room
Fills with crawling teeth
Black hands
Reaching from beneath
You scream
But the sound won’t start
I carve
Their claws from your heart
[Chorus]
I am the nightmare hunter (nightmare hunter)
Bleeding through your broken sleep
When your terror grows and your voice is weak
I drag your monsters to the deep
I am the nightmare hunter (nightmare hunter)
Tear their faces
Break their teeth
You wake up shaking in tangled sheets
Never knowing what I made bleed
[Bridge]
[Guitars ring out
Drums half-time
Vocals distant and echoing]
Every night I fall
Through the cracks in your skull
Every fear you feed
I cut down
I cull
But who hunts the hunter
When my own sleep rots?
I drown your demons
While mine tie knots (inside)
[Chorus]
I am the nightmare hunter (nightmare hunter)
Bleeding through your broken sleep
When your terror grows and your voice is weak
I drag your monsters to the deep
I am the nightmare hunter (nightmare hunter)
Tear their faces
Break their teeth
You wake up safe in the morning heat
While I lie staring
Afraid to dream

metal, Crushing doom metal with dropped-tuned guitars, slow marching drums, and a cavernous bass foundation; trade-off male/female vocals with unison roar on key lines. Verses stalk in a tight, repetitive rhythm; chorus opens with echo-drenched call-and-response and sustained power chords. Sparse, distant choirs and reverb-soaked lead lines rise in the bridge for a ritualistic climax before a final, brutal chorus., sleep, rhythmic, doom metal