Eyes in the dark

*[Slow, low bass pulse. Voice drops to a whisper — guttural, inhuman, scraping the floor]*

**[Verse 1 — Rave, slow tempo]**

You can't move.
You can't scream.
You can't even blink.
Lying there, flat on your back,
Body sunk in the mattress like a stone in a sink.

I'm already here.
Been here since the light went out.
Since your eyelids got heavy,
Since you stopped looking about.

You thought sleep was a safe place?
You thought closing your eyes meant peace?
Oh, you sweet little thing.

*[Bass kicks in. Voice shifts — still low but with a rhythmic cadence, almost mocking]*

**[Verse 2 — Rap, building tempo]**

Let me tell you what I've collected.
Let me show you what I've got.
Every fear you've ever swallowed,
Every panic you forgot.

I keep them in jars on a shelf in the dark.
I pull them out one by one when the lights go spark.

Arachnids crawling up the wall —
I could let a hundred fall.
Spiders in your open mouth while you choke on nothing at all.

How about the tightness of a coffin?
Six feet under, nails scratching pine?
You're already pinned down — perfect.

*[Tempo increases. Beat doubles. Voice grows sharper, more distorted]*

**[Verse 3 — Metal, aggressive]**

Heights!
The ledge, the drop, the scream that never leaves your lungs!
The bridge, the wind, the railing cold beneath your palms!
I could make you stand on the edge and look down —
A thousand floors of nothing,
Glass beneath your feet,
Cracking.

Cracking.

*[Voice distorts deeper, dragging like gravel]*

Deep water.
Black, endless, no surface.
Something brushes your leg.
You don't know what it is.
You'll never know.

*[Beat drops hard. Full rave tempo hits. Voice splits between rap and scream]*

**[Chorus 1 — Rave / Metal hybrid, fast and relentless]**

Welcome to my little show!
Step right up, don't be shy!
Every fear you've ever known
Gets a front-row seat tonight!

I'm the ringmaster of your nightmares,
The conductor of your cold sweat,
Every phobia you buried
Is alive and in my net!

You can't run — you're paralyzed!
You can't wake — I won't allow!
This is my circus, my tent, my stage,
And you're the star of it RIGHT NOW!

*[Beat holds. Brief silence. Just a low hum. Voice returns to a whisper]*

**[Verse 4 — Slow, intimate, terrifying]**

You still don't understand, do you?

You think this is a dream.
You think you'll wake up.
You think the morning will save you.

I've been feeding on you for years.
Every night you felt that pressure on your chest,
That weight you couldn't explain,
That shadow in the corner you convinced yourself wasn't there?

That was me.

*[Beat builds again. Faster. Voice rises, mocking, gleeful]*

**[Verse 5 — Rap, accelerating]**

Trypophobia — let me show you the holes in everything.
Your skin, the walls, the ceiling, your own hands.
Patterns crawling, writhing, alive.
Look at them. LOOK.

Autophobia — you're never truly alone.
I'm the voice that whispers when the room goes quiet.
I'm the breath on your neck that isn't yours.

Thanatophobia — the big one, the grand finale.
The fear of death itself.
And here you are, lying still, unable to move,
Already halfway there.

*[Full metal breakdown. Voice becomes a monster's roar layered with melody]*

**[Verse 6 — Metal, maximum aggression]**

I COULD CRUSH YOUR RIBS WITH NOTHING!
I COULD STOP YOUR HEART WITH A WHISPER!
EVERY FEAR YOU HAVE IS A WEAPON IN MY HANDS!
I AM THE THING THAT BREATHES WHEN YOU CAN'T!
I AM THE WEIGHT!
I AM THE DARK!
I AM THE REASON YOU SLEEP WITH THE LIGHTS ON!

*[Rave drop hits — chaotic, euphoric, horrifying]*

**[Chorus 2 — Full intensity, rave/metal/rap all colliding]**

Welcome to my little show!
Step right up, don't be shy!
Every fear you've ever known
Gets a front-row seat tonight!

I'm the ringmaster of your nightmares,
The conductor of your cold sweat,
Every phobia you buried
Is alive and in my net!

I could make your heart stop beating,
I could make your lungs give out,
Every terror, every panic,
Every shadow, every doubt!

THIS IS MY CIRCUS! MY TENT! MY STAGE!
AND YOU'RE DYING IN IT RIGHT NOW!

*[Everything cuts. Silence. Two seconds of nothing. Then — a soft, warm, feminine voice. Gentle. Almost maternal]*

**[Outro — Whisper, slow, loving]**

You're still breathing.
Your heart is still going.
You made it through.

I showed you everything.
Every dark corner of your mind.
And you're still here.

Maybe next time you won't be so lucky.

Maybe next time I won't be so generous.

But tonight?

*[Long pause]*

Sleep tight.