[Intro]
12AM. The buzzer breathes — a hollow hymn.
Fluorescents flick, the corridor goes dim.
Static on the monitors, a distant wind-up laugh,
I lock the glass, keep watch — I’m doing the math.
[Verse 1]
I’m counting wires, counting seconds on the screen,
Power at fifty, camera three goes mean.
Freddy’s stage is empty but the melody is wound,
Foxy’s pirate footstep scrapes the floorboards of this town.
Metal and cotton stitched with someone else’s dream,
The metallic smell, the daylight just a seam.
I sip cold coffee, hands on the keypad light,
Hope the door holds till I see morning light.
[Pre-Chorus]
Footsteps in the vent, the cameras shudder twice,
A whisper through the speaker like advice.
Heartbeat syncs with the ticking of the fight,
If the tape rolls silent — I’m not alright.
[Chorus]
Don’t let the clock hit twelve — Freddy takes the lights.
Don't blink, don’t breathe, keep the cameras in sight.
Survive the night — one more hour, hold tight.
Survive the night — don’t let them drag you from the light.
[Verse 2]
Bonnie grins from shadow, teeth like wind-up springs,
Chica hums a lullaby with broken wings.
A child's laugh loops on the PA — it’s out of phase,
A ghost-of-a-show where every song betrays.
I trace the motion dots, four blips move left to right,
A ping, a hiss — then Foxy’s gone from sight.
The clock drips seconds like coins into a well,
I talk to ghosts I never knew that well.
[Pre-Chorus]
A static buzz, the hallway breathes at my door,
I pull it close — my palms are raw and sore.
Power drops to amber, then to red and white,
Cameras blink like dying stars in flight.
[Chorus]
Don’t let the clock hit twelve — Freddy takes the lights.
Don't blink, don’t breathe, keep the cameras in sight.
Survive the night — one more hour, hold tight.
Survive the night — don’t let them drag you from the light.
[Bridge — Quiet Build]
(Whisper)
They used to sing for birthdays, now they hum for fear,
Clockwork eyes rewind the laughter I can hear.
My radio whispers names turned into gears,
I count the seconds, count the hands, count the mirrors.
[Bridge — Rise]
Power’s a candle down to brittle thread,
The hallway breathes in metal — I stay in bed.
Heartbeat loud as drums, the corridor ignites,
One more strike of minute-hand, one more fight.
[Drop / Final Chorus]
Don’t let the clock hit twelve — Freddy takes the lights.
Don't blink, don't breathe, keep the cameras in sight.
Survive the night — we’re clutching at our lives.
Survive the night — until the orange dawn arrives.
[Outro]
Dawn leaks in through seams — the buzz becomes a sigh,
Animatronics freeze like puppets in the sky.
They’ll wind again next Halloween, they’ll play the same old parts,
But for now I walk out haunted with them in my heart.
