[Verse 1] Key in the lock of a stranger’s dream Dust in the throat of my new routine Mom says “fresh start ” dad says “good bones” Front porch sags like it’s hiding a ghost Dog claws the floor as the boards all creak Girl laughs once But her smile looks weak Family photo on a nail too high Other people’s faces that will never die [Pre-Chorus] Welcome sign Rotting in the weeds Every house Empty as my sleep [Chorus] Dead house summer They’re calling my name Through the drywall Through the window frame (join us) Every neighbor in the graveyard town Saying “kid Lay your living body down” Dead house summer Sun burning my skin Only thing keeping all the dead from getting in When the daylight’s gone and the shadows crawl They whisper “you don’t have to breathe at all” [Verse 2] Girl draws maps of the streets outside All the shops with the “closed forever” signs Dad finds letters in a locked desk drawer Same last name scribbled hundred years before Dog starts growling at the empty stairs Cold handprints in the rocking chair Curtains move But the air stands still Children in the mirror with their faces filled [Pre-Chorus] Church bell rings But there’s no church there Every echo Like a broken prayer [Chorus] Dead house summer They’re calling my name Through the drywall Through the window frame (come closer) Every neighbor in the graveyard town Saying “kid Lay your living body down” Dead house summer Sun burning my skin Only thing keeping all the dead from getting in When the daylight’s gone and the shadows crawl They whisper “you don’t have to breathe at all” [Bridge] [Breakdown hits Guitars lurch to half-time] Line up on the sidewalk Eyes like ash Smiles sewn open Teeth like glass They can’t cross the yard where the sunlight bleeds So they chant my name like a rosary of weeds “Open the door Open the door Open the door Be ours forever” (hey!) [Chorus] Dead house summer They’re calling my name Through the drywall Through the window frame (join us) Every neighbor in the graveyard town Saying “kid Lay your living body down” Dead house summer I’m holding this light Mom and dad screaming as it slips to night If the sunrise fails and the dark won’t crack We move in And we never move back [Outro] Dead house breathing in the early dusk Every wall whispering “you’ll be one of us” Dog starts howling as the sky burns red Whole town waiting For me to be dead

metal, Early-2000s metalcore with horror-movie tension: palm-muted drop-tuned guitars, pinched harmonics, and halftime breakdowns under screamed/sung male vocals. Verses crawl with dissonant arpeggios and roomy toms, pre-chorus tightens into chugging triplets, then chorus explodes melodic with layered gang shouts on the hook. Bridge dives into a stomp-ready, syncopated riff with guttural growls and eerie childlike backing vocals.

Dead House Summer