[Intro]
[distorted music box melody, vinyl crackle]
Sleep, little monster
teeth in the wall
TV snow talking
name on the crawl
[Verse 1]
I’m the hush in the hallway
step, creak, stop, stare
Peel paint on the doorframe
something breathing under the stair
Bugs in my cereal
laugh as they swim
Clock on the ceiling
hands growing thin
Mask on the mirror
grin made of mold
You blink in the bathroom
I’m there when you fold
[Chorus]
This that gutter lullaby
rock you in the rot, say bye
Close both eyes, kiss daylight
(shh) let the bedbugs bite
Crooked little cradle swing
hear the pipes in the basement sing
Count those claws, skip counting sheep
I tuck your fear in, deep
[Verse 2]
I spit coffins, coffin nails, chalk lines
Drawn on your front step, talk nice
Stain on the carpet, shaped like you
Mama say pray, but the prayer fall through
I got jokes with a jump-scare punch
Turn your crew to a crime scene lunch
Laugh track looping in the back of your skull
Clown car brain, all the bodies too full
Static in the hallway hum my name
Eyes in the drain play peep-a-boo games
You run upstairs, but the stairs run back
Every bar booby-trap, welcome to the attack
[Chorus]
This that gutter lullaby
rock you in the rot, say bye
Close both eyes, kiss daylight
(shh) let the bedbugs bite
Crooked little cradle swing
hear the pipes in the basement sing
Count those claws, skip counting sheep
I tuck your fear in, deep
[Bridge]
[beat drops to warped pads and scratching]
Tiptoe, tiptoe
under your skin I go
Heartbeat metronome
marking time till you’re home
One, two
I’m at the window
Three, four
under the floorboards
[Chorus]
This that gutter lullaby
rock you in the rot, say bye
Close both eyes, kiss daylight
(shh) let the bedbugs bite
Crooked little cradle swing
hear the pipes in the basement sing
Count those claws, skip counting sheep
I tuck your fear in, deep (so deep)
[Outro]
[glitched vocal fragments stuttering “lulla-lullaby” into fading noise]