Midnight shadows

(Verse 1)

City sleeps, but the sirens still can scream,

Annie's memory, a waking, haunting dream.

Years have spun, but the echo won't give way,

That phantom presence, haunting night and day.

Streetlights flicker, on the empty lanes,

Where shadows dance, and mystery remains.

They said he vanished, into thin, thin air,

But every creak, we feel him standing there.

(Chorus)

Midnight shadows, creeping through the town,

Is the smooth criminal still around?

We search the darkness, for a single sign,

A whisper from that criminal design.

Annie, Annie, did he find your trace?

Or did he vanish, without a single trace?

(Verse 2)

The case went cold, no answers to be found,

Just chilling whispers on the hallowed ground.

No footprints left, no witness to recall,

Just phantom memories that stand up tall.

The old apartment, locked and draped in dust,

A chilling testament to broken trust.

The tension builds, with every passing day,

Will justice ever truly find its way?

(Chorus)

Midnight shadows, creeping through the town,

Is the smooth criminal still around?

We search the darkness, for a single sign,

A whisper from that criminal design.

Annie, Annie, did he find your trace?

Or did he vanish, without a single trace?

(Bridge)

He struck like lightning, vanished in the night,

Leaving behind a chilling, endless fright.

Is he a myth, a legend, or a man?

Part of a sinister, unyielding plan?

But hope's a flicker, in the darkest hour,

To break the silence, claim back all our power.

(Chorus)

Midnight shadows, creeping through the town,

Is the smooth criminal still around?

We search the darkness, for a single sign,

A whisper from that criminal design.

Annie, Annie, did he find your trace?

Or did he vanish, without a single trace?

(Outro)

The moon still watches, a silent, silver eye,

As midnight shadows slowly pass us by.

Annie, Annie... will we ever know?

Where did the smooth criminal truly go?

(Fade out with echoing "smooth criminal" whispers)