Ink in the Walls

Lyrics

Verse 1
Step in the hall, it breathes like rot
Wood on the floor and the floorboards talk
Ink on the wall, that shit won't dry
Every damn door got a watchful eye

Old reel stutter, whole room goes grey
Felt that chill from a mile away
Clock hands crawl, but I move slow
Hear that machine in the basement below

Joey Drew smile, but it ain't kind
Made a whole nightmare out of one bad mind
Cut to black, then the screen tears clean
I been in the dark with the cartoon fiend

Pre-Chorus
Can you hear that hum?
Can you hear that stain?
Something in the walls
Say my name again

Static in my teeth
Cold in my chest
If I go too deep
I don't come back fresh

Chorus
Ink in the walls, ink in the walls
Run, motherfucker, when the bad thing calls
Ink in the walls, ink in the walls
I saw that grin and I watched it crawl

Ink in the walls, ink in the walls
Pray all you want, it still won't fall
Ink in the walls, ink in the walls
Black little sins in a butchered hall

Verse 2
Boris on the trail with a busted paw
Trying to keep it real in a world gone wrong
Alice in the dark with a torn-out crown
Pretty as hell when she drags you down

Sammy on the pipe with a cracked-up hymn
Sings so low that the lights grow dim
I seen them bend in the flicker frame
Every little face got a hungry shame

Room full of toys and a killer grin
Paint over pain, let the rot sink in
I'm on that edge where the shadows lean
Laugh all you want, this place ain't clean

Pre-Chorus
Can you hear that hum?
Can you feel that pain?
Something in the walls
Wanna pull my brain

Needle on the loop
Tape gets thin
If the door swings shut
I don't know who wins

Chorus
Ink in the walls, ink in the walls
Run, motherfucker, when the bad thing calls
Ink in the walls, ink in the walls
I saw that grin and I watched it crawl

Ink in the walls, ink in the walls
Pray all you want, it still won't fall
Ink in the walls, ink in the walls
Black little sins in a butchered hall

Bridge
Half-time, whispered doubles
I was a kid in the devil's workshop
Now I'm grown and the fear won't stop
Film strip curse and a busted dream
Everything here ain't what it seems

Final Chorus
Ink in the walls, ink in the walls
Run, motherfucker, when the bad thing calls
Ink in the walls, ink in the walls
I saw that grin and I watched it crawl

Ink in the walls, ink in the walls
Pray all you want, it still won't fall
Ink in the walls, ink in the walls
Black little sins in a butchered hall

Outro
Old tape hiss, let it fade to black
If I hear that laugh, I don't look back
Ink in the walls, ink in the walls
Still hear it call, still hear it call