Verse 1
They called me “the Gray Man,”
A shadow in the street,
“I’ve got children of my own,” I’d say,
“Won’t you come with me?”
Needles in my skin,
Secrets in my hand,
The Devil’s whisper told me,
“Do what you can.”
Pre-Chorus
I wrote it down, every wicked little line,
“Dear Mrs. Budd,” I confessed my crime.
A letter soaked in sorrow,
A truth they can’t unsee,
“Grace sat in my lap and kissed me—
I ate her, body and soul, you see.”
Chorus
I am the Gray Man,
The Boogeyman in your head,
The Brooklyn Vampire,
Risen from the dead.
Chains and whispers,
A hunger I can’t kill,
When the shadows call me—
I’ll bend to their will.
Verse 2
Washington Heights,
A house of bone and flame,
The children screamed in silence,
No one knew my name.
“They never found all the bodies,”
I laughed as I confessed,
“Twenty-nine victims or more,
But only God knows the rest.”
Pre-Chorus
The courtroom shook when they read my note,
The gallows waited, the jury spoke.
“I’ve had children in every state,” I smiled,
“My sickness runs deep,
And it’s been there all the while.”
Chorus
I am the Gray Man,
The Boogeyman in your head,
The Brooklyn Vampire,
Risen from the dead.
Chains and whispers,
A hunger I can’t kill,
When the shadows call me—
I’ll bend to their will.
Bridge (Spoken / Whispered)
“I like children… they are tasty,”
The words burned the page,
“My God, what have I done?”
But the hunger never fades.
Electric fire,
Let the chair ignite,
But the monster they buried
Still walks at night.
Final Chorus
I am the Gray Man,
The nightmare never dies,
The Brooklyn Vampire,
With hunger in his eyes.
Chains and needles,
A sickness they can’t kill—
When the shadows call me—
I’ll answer them still.
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