[Intro]
[solo violin
Slow and uneasy]
[breath
Faint wind]
[Verse 1]
Hands in my pockets
Key ring shakes
Breath makes little ghosts
In the gravel wake
Streetlamp behind me
Ahead
Just trees
Every broken twig
Crawls under my skin
[ghostly female humming
Far away]
[Chorus]
Something in the tree line
Watching while I walk
Every crunch of leaves
Sounds like claws on rock
Shadows on the sidewalk
Stretch and twist and talk
Something in the tree line
Knows I’m all alone
[Verse 2]
Phone at one percent
Screen glow fades
Footsteps out of rhythm
Wait—did I just wait?
Bushes hold their breathing
Night holds mine
Name on my tongue
Won’t cross the line
[ghostly female vocal
High and thin]
(Do you hear it?)
(Do you feel it?)
[Chorus]
Something in the tree line
Watching while I walk
Every crunch of leaves
Sounds like claws on rock
Shadows on the sidewalk
Stretch and twist and talk
Something in the tree line
Knows I’m all alone
[Bridge]
[violin swells
Low rumble]
Branch snaps
Too close
Cold hand
On my throat
Male voice trembling
Female voice near
My name in a whisper
That no one should hear
[Chorus]
Something in the tree line
Steps in from the dark
Every sound I feared
Gathers in my heart
I don’t dare look over
I just keep walking on
Something in the tree line
Follows me home