[Intro]
Trumpets on the rooftop
Piano in a flash
Something in the shadows
Steps out of the past
[Verse 1]
Footprints in the backyard mud
Too wide for wolf
Too soft for truck
Claw marks up the garden fence
But every camera cuts and jumps
Something splashed beneath the pier
Tail like thunder
Eyes like glass
We shrug it off
We scroll away
Pretend we never saw it pass
[Chorus]
Here’s to the creatures we don’t have names for
To every monster hiding off the map
Raise up a cheer for the great unknown
For every roar we never caught on track
I wanna dance with the things in the darkness
Sing to the teeth and the tangled horns
Parade of the unseen
Marching through the sky
All the wild we were born to adore
[Verse 2]
Whispers in the attic dust
Breath that fogs a summer room
Something tapping attic pipes
Counting down like distant doom
Glowing shapes beyond the reef
Spines like lanterns
Wings like smoke
We build our charts from what we see
But most of magic goes unspoke
[Pre-Chorus]
Aren’t you tired of tiny cages?
Maps that end at “here be safe”?
What if on the other pages
All our favorite legends wait?
[Chorus]
Here’s to the creatures we don’t have names for
To every monster hiding off the map
Raise up a cheer for the great unknown
For every roar we never caught on track
I wanna dance with the things in the darkness
Sing to the teeth and the tangled horns
Parade of the unseen
Marching through the sky
All the wild we were born to adore (oh yeah)
[Bridge]
Maybe they’re not mean
Just lonely
Waiting just beyond our fear
If we pull the curtains slowly
Would they come and volunteer?
[Instrumental]
[Trumpet–trombone–piano solo explodes
Trading rapid-fire runs
Then locking into a blazing unison line over pounding drums and handclaps. Brass hits answer the melody like a call-and-response fanfare
Piano cascades in bright arpeggios before the band drops to a tight stop.]
[Chorus]
Here’s to the creatures we don’t have names for
To every monster hiding off the map (hey!)
Raise up a cheer for the great unknown
For every roar we never caught on track
I’ll light a torch for the things in the darkness
Open the door
Let the legends swarm
Parade of the unseen
Marching through my heart
All the wild we were born to adore