[Intro]
[whispered vocals]
Check the closet
Peek under the bed
If I’m already in your head
Then run
[Verse 1]
He don’t hide in the dark
He live deep in your thoughts
Every secret you buried
He dig it up in the fog
You lock doors, he love that
More space for your fear
You pray hard, he hum back
“I’ve been here for some years”
Old floorboards talk
Every creak spell your past
See that coat on the chair?
Blink once, now it laugh
You say “just my mind”
He say “that’s my house”
Every lie that you told
Is the key to his mouth
[Chorus]
Boogie man, boogie man, say my name
I’m the shadow that you fed with shame
You can’t run from what you made
I’m the dark you gave a face
Boogie man, boogie man, in your brain
I’m the weight you love to hate
You can’t hide from what you made
I’m the dark you gave a name
[Verse 2]
He don’t care ‘bout the night
He walk with you in day
In the bright school hallway
In the church when you pray
Every screen, every scroll
Every sin you explain
He just sit in the corner
Writing down every stain
Little kid in the mirror
See two eyes, then four
Close it fast, heart racing
He already at the door
Grown man with the bag
Full of bills, full of stress
He just call that a feast
Every worry gets dressed
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
You called me a myth
Then you carved me a throne
All the things you won’t fix
That’s the place I call home
You built me brick by brick
Out of secrets and blame
So when you say you scared of me
You just scared to say your name
[Chorus]