Fear of Whispers

(whispered)

Shhh… don’t move… don’t breathe…

You already know I’m here…

Footsteps echo where the lights don’t stay

Cold breath creeping, feel it crawl your way

Walls got eyes and they remember names

Every shadow whispering your pain

Clock ticks backwards, time decays slow

Blood on the mirror but it’s not your own

Heartbeat stutter when the silence screams

You can’t wake up from a living dream

Hallway stretch like it’s never-ending

Voices bend but the truth ain’t bending

You tried to run but the floorboards cracked

Now the dark got hands and they pull you back

Cold grip on your spine

Feel me crossing the line

Every second you stall

I get closer to all…

I’m the fear in your chest when it tightens at night

I’m the voice in your head when you turn off the light

You can run, you can hide, but I’m already there

In the cracks, in the walls, in the dead, in the air

Feel me breathing—right behind your stare

You don’t see me but you know I’m there

I don’t knock, I don’t warn, I appear—

You don’t hear me… you just feel the fear

Basement calling, hear it through the floor

Something scratching at a broken door

Chains drag slow like they begging you near

Every step feeds the thing you fear

Photographs with the faces scratched out

One looks fresh like it’s you now

Cold sweat drip, but the air stay dry

Something watching from the other side

Teeth in the dark, hear the subtle grind

Every breath like it’s hunting time

You ain’t lost—nah, you’re being led

Every path ends in something dead

Pulse racing your veins

You can’t break from the chains

Every scream that you choke

Only makes me grow…

I’m the fear in your chest when it tightens at night

I’m the voice in your head when you turn off the light

You can run, you can hide, but I’m already there

In the cracks, in the walls, in the dead, in the air

Feel me breathing—right behind your stare

You don’t see me but you know I’m there

I don’t knock, I don’t warn, I appear—

You don’t hear me… you just feel the fear

(whispers overlapping)

Don’t turn around… don’t turn around…

Too late now… too late now…

Heartbeat… flatline… silence… mine…

Now you standing where the light won’t stay

Same dark figure you tried to escape

Eyes glow faint but the soul ain’t there

Now you’re part of the nightmare’s glare

Voice goes cold when you try to scream

Mouth stitched shut in a silent dream

You were prey, now you wear the crown

Welcome to the dark—you don’t leave this ground

(whispered)

Next time you feel that chill in the air…

That’s not the wind…

That’s me