Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Wednesday

After midnight

The lights go low

And the shadows listen

Now watch me float

Ha ha ha ha ha

The clock stops breathing (ha ha ha ha)

The clock stops breathing on the wall

Static crawling down the hall

Every step you swear you hear

Something close but never clear

Candles flicker

Names are said

Every thought inside your head

You feel eyes where none should be

Something waking underneath

You feel it when the silence starts

You feel it when the screen goes dark

Are you afraid of the dark

When the answers leave their marks

Are you afraid of the dark

When the fear knows who you are

Are you scared

Tell me now

When the truth is breaking out

Walls breathe deeper

Floors decay

Every shadow wants to stay

Static whispers in your ear

This is real

There's nothing here

Every face you try to flee

Feels unsettlingly like me

Every scream you never use

Sounds exactly like the truth

You don't run

You don't hide

You already let me inside

Are you afraid of the dark

When the mirror falls apart

Are you afraid of the dark

When you see yourself in scars

Are you scared

Say it slow

You've been here

You already know

I know your voice

I know your fear

I know the things you never hear

You don't wake

You don't move

You don't need to

Because

I am you

I am you

I am you

I am you

Are you

Are you afraid of the dark

Are you scared

You never left

You were always there