These Things I Fear

Listen close
Whispers clear
Feel the breath
In your ear
Turn around
You’re alone
Door’s ajar
Feel them near

Shadows moving in the dark
Feel the thumping in your heart
Feeling movement by the stairs
Turn to look
No one there

This house is darker than my last
It came with quite a checkered past
Was the first one on this block
Floorboards creek and plumbing knocks

Footsteps heard
You’re alone
Late at night
Heard a moan
Felt the cold
Creeping near
Like a finger
Bringing fear

All the rooms are empty
I checked them one by one
Is this just to tempt me
Or do they find this fun?

Turned my head
Fleeting shades
Nothing now
Gloom pervades
Flashing light
Through the pane
Just a car
Fear in vain
Feeling just
A little lame

Used a Ouija board last week
Tried real hard to make it speak
Did it move or did my friend
Move the planchet at the end?

Woke from nightmares full of fear
Sweating bullets, felt them near
Through my lashes I did peak
Saw their eyes and blood did leak
Felt a groan escape my breast
Heard soft laughter as to jest
Living darkness as a guest
Beg they leave
I am distressed

I am distressed

Don’t want to live here now
I know that I am trapped
My home is truly foul
Or did my mind just crack
I swiftly make a vow
As soon as dawn appears
I’ll pack my bag and leave
Behind these things I fear
For they’ve been longer here

Listen close
Whispers clear
Felt their breath
In my ear
Turned around
I’m alone
Door’s ajar
Felt them near
I need to leave
Made it clear
It’s their home
That they roam
I want to leave behind
These things I fear

These things
I fear