The House Remembersv6

[Intro — distant creaking, cold strings, slow guitar pulse] [Whispered vocals] Leave the light on. It knows the way. [Verse 1 — restrained clean vocals] The doorway breathes beneath the dust, The floorboards answer every step. A shape is waiting at the landing, Though no one saw it enter yet. The rooms are cold, the air is still, A child’s cry slips through the walls. I close my eyes; I hear it nearer. I open them—and see nothing at all. [Pre-Chorus — rising tension, harsh vocals] DON’T GO INSIDE! DON’T SAY ITS NAME! THE HOUSE REMEMBERS EVERY FACE! [Chorus — haunting clean vocals, heavy guitars] It follows through the walls, It waits beneath the stairs. A whisper in the hallway, A shadow on the glass. You leave the house behind you, But the curse comes where you go. It waits inside the silence— And it already knows. [Breakdown — slow half-time, abrupt stops] [Extreme vocals] LOCK THE DOOR! [Impact] IT’S IN THE ROOM! [Silence] TURN AROUND— [Impact] TOO SOON! [Verse 2 — tense clean vocals, dissonant strings] A phone rings once in an empty room, The screen lights up; there’s no one there. A dark shape crawls across the ceiling, Then something breathes against my hair. The old house stands beneath the rain, Its windows blank, its mouth shut tight. But every road leads back toward it When the last streetlamp dies. [Pre-Chorus — harsher vocals, building] DON’T GO INSIDE! DON’T SAY ITS NAME! THE HOUSE REMEMBERS EVERY FACE! [Chorus — bigger, layered vocals] It follows through the walls, It waits beneath the stairs. A whisper in the hallway, A shadow on the glass. You leave the house behind you, But the curse comes where you go. It waits inside the silence— And it already knows. [Bridge — sparse strings, quiet clean vocals] No grave can hold it. No lock can keep it out. It moves from voice to voice, From room to room, Without a sound. [Final Breakdown — crushing, choppy guitars] [Extreme vocals] NO WAY OUT! [Impact] NO SAFE PLACE! [Silence] THE HOUSE KNOWS YOUR FACE! [Outro — creaking fades, one distant childlike laugh] [Whispered vocals] Leave the light on. It knows the way.