Ink Hall Rave

Lyrics

Intro
[M] Step in the hall, hear the boards complain
[M] Old tape hiss in the walls like rain
[M] Black stain crawlin' through the frame
[M] I came for the truth, came for the name

Verse 1
[M] Joey Drew ink on the floorboards, fresh
[M] Little devil laugh in the walls, say less
[M] Turned one corner, got a chest full of dread
[M] Joey's cutout grin, but the eyes still dead
[M] Bendy on the wall with the arms too long
[M] Rubber hose shape in a broken-down song
[M] Lights keep dying when I step that lane
[M] Same old reel, but it ain't the same
[M] Boris in the dark with a meat-filled tray
[M] I hear him drag and I don't feel brave
[M] Alice Angel singin' through the static haze
[M] Sweet little halo, but the blade got taste
[M] Got a tape recorder, it tells me run
[M] Got a stairwell creak and a loaded gun
[M] Ink on my boots from the flooded rooms
[M] Every door I touched just led to doom

Pre-Chorus
[M] Hear that whine in the hall
[M] Every mask gonna fall
[M] I been tense since the first stuck frame
[M] Now the whole damn studio know my name

Chorus
[M] Ink hall, ink hall, don't look back
[M] One step in and the floor goes black
[M] Ink hall, ink hall, hear that call
[M] Lost in the loop when the shadows crawl
[M] Ink hall, ink hall, say my name
[M] Every old sin came back again

Verse 2
[M] Searchin' for a lever in the Chapter Two rain
[M] Pump room stink, and the pipes got veins
[M] Lost one's face in a flicker of light
[M] Lost one's jaw in a butchered fight
[M] Sammy lurkin' with a sermon bite
[M] Wearin' that smile like a cultist knight
[M] He want choir sound, he want my fear
[M] But the music box hummin' when danger near
[M] Bend the knees when the machines all cry
[M] Ink Devil posted in the corner, high
[M] Old cartoon king with a murder grin
[M] Hear him say, "Come close, let the feast begin"
[M] I got nightmares stamped in the save file deep
[M] Got the same lost route, got no sleep
[M] Every corridor bends like a busted spine
[M] Every clue got teeth and it wants what's mine

Bridge
[Old-Timey Voice] Well now, ain't you a bold little guest?
[Old-Timey Voice] Walkin' through the studio like you own the rest
[Old-Timey Voice] I was drawn from the dark, then given a face
[Old-Timey Voice] Now I leave my mark all over this place
[Old-Timey Voice] Hear the reel turn round, hear the pitying squeal
[Old-Timey Voice] Every prayer you make, I can steal, I can steal

Break
[M] [half-time] Search the ink, find the key
[M] [half-time] Room by room, can't let him see
[M] [half-time] If I fall, I'm just meat in the deep
[M] [half-time] But I came too far for the grave to keep

Verse 3
[M] Chapter Three, and the theater's cursed
[M] Every spotlight hit me like a verse gone burst
[M] Gent pipes sing while the floorboards quake
[M] Gotta wash my hands in the black lake
[M] Little Lost Ones reach with their paper skin
[M] I see my own fear in the shapes they're in
[M] Ink demon trail where the walls all bleed
[M] He want my steps and he want my need
[M] Chapter Four got a deeper bite
[M] Barnacled halls and a colder night
[M] Tom and the wrench with a savage swing
[M] I dodge that wrath while the flood waters ring
[M] Then the final gate and the truth comes clear
[M] Not a cartoon world, it's a tomb in here
[M] Joey made monsters outta dreams and shame
[M] Now I'm trapped in the loop with a burning frame

Chorus
[M] Ink hall, ink hall, don't look back
[M] One step in and the floor goes black
[M] Ink hall, ink hall, hear that call
[M] Lost in the loop when the shadows crawl
[M] Ink hall, ink