(Intro)
Whispered wind through cornfield bones,
Neon teeth in hollow thrones,
Breathy: "Welcome home..." (breathy whisper, female)
A candle flickers in a cracked stone light.
(Verse 1)
Under the harvest moon, pumpkins grin with broken teeth,
Fog pours like mercury down alleys of old grief,
Cobweb light on cracked masks, jack-o'-lantern eyes ignite,
Neon veins across my skin — I taste the static of the night.
Vocal direction: verse — breathy, intimate, creeping forward.
(Pre-Chorus 1)
Heartbeat snaps like a snapped wire, close and bright,
Silver glass reflections fracture every lie,
A low hum climbs behind my ribs — a promise, not a threat,
Claw the edge of silence, don't give up yet.
(Chorus 1)
We bleed the night — (we bleed)
We bleed the night — (we bleed)
Pumpkins stare, the fog takes flight,
Drop the hush — feel the bite.
Vocal direction: chorus — aggressive belt on main hook, quick vocal chops on parenthesis.
Post-drop texture: vocal chop "bleed... night" looped under wobble bass.
(Verse 2)
Cracked masks whisper names I used to know,
Leather footsteps stomp in rhythm with the low,
Mirrors cough up moths of bone, lanterns spit out coal,
I sharpen jaw against the dark — a predator in control.
Vocal direction: verse 2 — more forward, edged aggression, grit in consonants.
(Pre-Chorus 2) [Escalation]
Heartbeat thunders, glass becomes a drum,
The shadows lean in, but now I hum the hum,
Fingers find the faultline, a grin becomes a blade,
No longer hunted — I rewrite the raid.
(Chorus 2) [Confrontation]
We bleed the night — (we bleed)
We own the night — (we own)
Jack-o'-lantern eyes go cold and bright,
Crack the sky and drag the terror into light.
Vocal direction: chorus 2 — full-voice belting on "we own the night", layered doubles and distortion.
Post-drop texture: whispered hook under second half: "we — bleed — night" (whispered, echoed).
(Bridge) [Build & Production Cues]
Whisper: "Crack the mask" — 4 bars (breathy, close-mic)
Build 8 bars — half-time synths, rising white-noise sweep, increasing filter resonance.
Screeching growl on bar 7 into a stuttering vocal chop: "bleed — bleed — bleed".
Drop on 1: wobble bass hits hard, sub hits on the downbeat, synth knife stabs on the off-beats.
Vocal chop after drop: looped whispered hook "we bleed...night" (tempo-sync 1/8 chops), then pitch-riser into full chorus.
Vocal direction: bridge start whispered & detached, build to aggressive shouting — use rasp and chest voice on the final line.
(Chorus 3) [Full Drop — Climax]
We bleed the night — (BLEED)
We own the fight — (OWN)
Crackling pumpkins, fog alight,
Bass rips open, neon bite.
Vocal direction: chorus 3 — aggressive, high-energy belt; harmonies stacked; call-and-response with chopped vocals.
(Bridge 2) [Post-Drop Texture]
Vocal chops: "bleed — night — bleed — night" (stuttered, pan left-right)
Whispered underlay: "Crack the mask, take the crown" (breathy, slow)
Sonic cue: reverse cymbal sweep into tiny gated reverb pocket before the last
