Nightmares From the Hall

**[Intro — whispered]**

Close your eyes...

They told me I'd be safe.

But darkness remembers

Every face.

**[Verse 1]**

I was a child when the nightmares came,

A house full of shadows, a heart full of shame.

Footsteps echoed like thunder at night,

I learned how to disappear from sight.

The walls knew secrets I couldn't tell,

Every bedroom felt like a private hell.

I held my breath when I heard that sound,

Praying the darkness wouldn't come around.

I dreamed of a place where the screaming would cease,

Where a child's only language was safety and peace.

But morning arrived with the same cold eyes—

So I learned that monsters don't always hide.

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Now I'm older, but I still hear

Those footsteps drawing near.

The years have passed, but the past remains—

A ghost that whispers through my veins.

**[Chorus — screamed]**

**THE NIGHTMARES NEVER LEFT!**

They followed me into the light!

**I STILL HEAR THE VOICES!**

When I close my eyes at night!

I escaped the house,

But the house lives inside of me!

**THE NIGHTMARES NEVER LEFT!**

**THEY JUST LEARNED TO HIDE DEEPER IN ME!**

**[Verse 2]**

A slammed door becomes a warning again,

A raised voice takes me back to when

I was too small to understand

Why love could hurt with an open hand.

I wake from dreams with my heart racing,

Back in that room, back to that place again.

Reaching for a safety that never came,

While the child inside still whispers my name.

But something changed when I faced the past—

I realized those memories don't own me.

The wounds may remain beneath my skin,

But they don't get to decide who I become.

**[Bridge — clean vocals]**

Little one, you didn't deserve the fear.

You didn't deserve the pain or tears.

You weren't weak for wanting to run.

You were just a child

Trying to become someone.

**[Build — whispered → screamed]**

I see you now!

I hear you now!

You don't have to hide!

**YOU DON'T HAVE TO DIE INSIDE!**

**[Breakdown]**

**NO MORE FOOTSTEPS!**

**NO MORE SCREAMS!**

**NO MORE WAKING FROM THESE DREAMS!**

The past can knock—

**I WON'T OPEN THE DOOR!**

The nightmares call—

**I DON'T BELONG TO THEM ANYMORE!**

**[Final Chorus — full force]**

**THE NIGHTMARES NEVER LEFT!**

But they don't control me now!

**I STILL HEAR THE VOICES!**

But I won't let them drown me out!

I survived the darkness,

I survived what I couldn't see!

**THE NIGHTMARES NEVER LEFT—**

**BUT THEY'LL NEVER TAKE THE REST OF ME!**

**[Outro — whispered]**

The house is gone.

The night is quiet.

The child still remembers...

**But he's finally safe.**