Plastic Smiles & Panic Attacks

I saw you creeping through the hallway in your socks

Like a fox in the henhouse trying to outsmart the locks

You think I’m sleeping but I’m staring at the wall

Counting every footstep, yeah, I’m tracking them all

The rumor mill is spinning like a ceiling fan

And everybody knows you’ve got a secondary plan

I heard about the party and the guy in the back

Now my heart is racing like a panic attack

So go ahead and lie to my face

I love the way you try to plead your case

But I got eyes everywhere, I got ghosts in the room

Turning this sunny afternoon into your doom

I don’t want to hear the story, I don’t want to know the time

I don’t need a confession for your little social crime

You’re living in a daydream, waking up inside a fright

Welcome to the shadows, baby, welcome to the night

Run until your feet bleed, hide until you choke

Everything you built here just went up in smoke

I’m the monster in the closet, I’m the voice inside your head

You should have spared the details, now you’re wishing you were dead

Yo, look at who’s trembling, look at who’s scared

Caught in the headlights, totally unprepared

I traded in my acoustic for a jagged little knife

Metaphorically speaking, I’m dissecting your life

You thought you played a player but you played yourself

Now your reputation’s gathering dust on the shelf

I’m spitting venom while you’re crying out tears

This is the sum of all your deepest darkest fears

So keep talking while I turn up the sound

Bury all your secrets deep underground

But dirt don’t cover up the smell of the rot

And I’m the only real friend that you got

I don’t want to hear the story, I don’t want to know the time

I don’t need a confession for your little social crime

You’re living in a daydream, waking up inside a fright

Welcome to the shadows, baby, welcome to the night

Run until your feet bleed, hide until you choke

Everything you built here just went up in smoke

I’m the monster in the closet, I’m the voice inside your head

You should have spared the details, now you’re wishing you were dead

It’s funny how the tables turn when the lights go out

It’s funny how you whisper when you used to shout

One, two, I’m coming for you

Three, four, lock the door

Five, six, pick up your sticks

Seven, eight, it’s already too late

I don’t want to hear the story, I don’t want to know the time

I don’t need a confession for your little social crime

You’re living in a daydream, waking up inside a fright

Welcome to the shadows, baby, welcome to the night

Run until your feet bleed, hide until you choke

Everything you built here just went up in smoke

I’m the monster in the closet, I’m the voice inside your head

You should have spared the details, now you’re wishing you were dead

Yeah, spare me the details

Save it for the priest

You just woke up the beast

Nightmare

Nightmare