WELCOME TO MY HEAD
by MR SANKA
Lyrics
INTRO — THE ROOM OPENS
Old clock ticking
Tick...
Tick...
Tick...
One detuned piano note
You hear that?
...
Don't answer.
soft breathing
There's something I need to tell you.
Everyone has a room inside their head.
Some people keep theirs clean.
Some people lock the door.
Me?
...
I lost the key a long time ago.
small sinister laugh
Welcome...
to my head.
VERSE 1 — CALM, COLD, SINISTER
There's a little room behind my eyes
Where the lights don't ever stay on
Pictures hanging from the ceiling
And every face has got the same smile
I taught the walls all my secrets
They learned them better than I did
Every shadow knows my footsteps
Every mirror knows what I hid
I hear whispers when I'm sleeping
I hear footsteps when I'm still
Something's knocking from the inside
Something always will
I tried to drown it in the silence
Tried to bury every sound
But the deeper that I buried it
The louder it came around
Now I sit beside the darkness
Like an old and trusted friend
He tells me stories about myself
That I don't remember how they end
Everybody sees the smile
Nobody sees behind it
Everybody loves the sunshine
Until they find the lightning
PRE-CHORUS — WHISPERING CHOIR
LEAD
Do you hear them?
CHOIR — distant
We hear you...
LEAD
Do you see them?
CHOIR
They're watching...
LEAD
Who's watching?
CHOIR — deeper
YOU.
Silence
LEAD — whisper
That's funny...
CHORUS — DARK, THEATRICAL
WELCOME TO MY HEAD
Come inside, don't be afraid
WELCOME TO MY HEAD
Everything here has a price to pay
There's a monster in the mirror
And he smiles whenever I do
If you see me laughing...
He's laughing too.
CHOIR
Welcome...
Welcome...
Welcome to my head...
MANIACAL LAUGH — distant
Heh...
Hehehe...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
FAST VIOLIN GRIN — SIGNATURE SECTION
Everything cuts.
Heartbeat.
...
One violin note
🎻 TRR-RR-RR-RR-RR-RR—
faster
🎻 TRR-RR-RR-RR-RR-RR-RR-RR—
CHOIR — tiny whispers
Hehehe...
Hehehe...
violin climbs
🎻 TRRRRRRRRRRRRR—
LEAD — whisper
You hear that?
violin stops
That's not the violin.
beat
That's me.
MANIAC LAUGH
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
MASSIVE LOW DRUM
Dark bass enters
POST-CHORUS — STALKING GROOVE
Step inside...
Don't look around...
Keep your eyes forward...
Don't make a sound.
CHOIR
Don't make a sound...
LEAD
There's something in the hallway.
CHOIR
Don't turn around.
LEAD
There's something at the window.
CHOIR
Don't turn around.
LEAD
There's something behind you.
long pause
LEAD — smiling
Now...
Turn around.
[VERSE 2 — THE CHARACTER BECOMES DANGEROUS]
I learned how to smile at the right time
Learned how to keep my hands clean
Learned that people fear the quiet
More than anything they've seen
I don't have to raise my voice
I don't have to chase you down
Sometimes all it takes is silence
And the room starts spinning round
I know every little weakness
Every place you try to hide
Everybody has a secret
Everybody has a side
You call me crazy from a distance
Then you come a little near
Funny how the bravest people
Start becoming quiet here
I don't break things out of anger
I don't scream because I'm mad
I just rearrange the pieces
Until you question what you had
You wanted to see the darkness?
Fine.
I'll turn the lights off.
CLICK
Everything cuts.
LOW CHOIR — A CAPPELLA
Ooooooh...
Ooooooh...
He's inside...
He's inside...
LEAD — whisper
Who's inside?
CHOIR
You...
LEAD
No.
CHOIR
You...
LEAD
No...
CHOIR — HUGE WHISPER
YOU.
BREAKDOWN — PSYCHOLOGICAL
Breathing
Don't look behind you.
...
I said—
Don't.
Look.
Behind.
You.
Small piano note
Too late.
soft laugh
You know what I like about fear?
It makes honest people out of liars.
CHOIR — whispering around the stereo
Fear...
Fear...
Fear...
LEAD
Everybody wants to know
what's inside my head.
Nobody wants to stay
once I open the door.
So tonight...
I'm leaving it open.
PIANO — warped carnival melody
CHOIR — distant
Come closer...
Come closer...
Come closer...
LEAD
Closer.
...
Closer.
...
That's it.
BUILD — VOICES MULTIPLY
One thought.
Two thoughts.
Three.
Four.
Five.
whispers begin overlapping
Leave me alone...
Don't leave me...
Look at me...
Don't look at me...
Run...
Stay...
Run...
STAY!
CHOIR — RISING
Ooooooh...
Ooooooh...
Ooooooh...
LEAD — suddenly loud
ENOUGH!
Massive drum impact
FINAL CHORUS — FULL SINISTER ORCHESTRA
WELCOME TO MY HEAD!
WHERE THE WALLS KNOW MY NAME!
WELCOME TO MY HEAD!
WHERE THE SUN NEVER STAYS!
There's a monster in the mirror
And he's finally looking back
He says:
"You've been running from yourself."
LEAD
I know.
CHOIR
YOU KNOW.
LEAD
I know.
CHOIR — MASSIVE
YOU KNOW!
VIOLIN GRIN — EXTREME
🎻 TRR-RR-RR-RR-RR-RR-RR—
faster
🎻 TRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR—
faster
🎻 TRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR—
CHOIR — laughing
Hehehehehehehe...
LEAD
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
INSTRUMENTAL CHAOS