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HOLLOW FACE lyrics
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Intro
Halloween been over since October, still Hollow face aimed at my window on the sill
Verse 1
Noticed it from the couch, third week of November Upside down Jack-o’-lantern bucket in the ficus, I remember Eyeholes angled dead at my window pane Didn't shift a week straight in the South Florida rain Neighbor walked her dog past it, never glanced once Three months in that hedge, position never changed once Told myself wind, gravity, plastic, done Then checked the sliding lock before the day was gone
Pre-chorus
The floodlight catches it at exactly a quarter to three Not every angle, just the angle facing me
Chorus
Hollow face in the dirt since Halloween Soaking up the rain like it's waiting on something I know what it is, I know it can't breathe But hollow face keep watching Hollow face keep watching me
Verse 2
Looked up upside down symbols, ward or a curse? Grandma woulda grabbed her Bible, couldn't say which was worse I'm scared of the holy just as much as the unholy Cross on the wall feels wrong, the pentagram below me Reddit said burn sage, my pastor said just pray What if prayer wakes it? What if sage makes it stay? I'm standing no-man's-land between two pages of dread Either answer terrifies me, so I did nothing instead
Pre-chorus
Motion sensor fired at 2 AM last night Camera showed the hedgerow, and the face, and the white
Chorus
Hollow face in the dirt since Halloween Soaking up the rain like it's waiting on something I know what it is, I know it can't breathe But hollow face keep watching Hollow face keep watching me
Verse 3
Okay. Dollar Tree plastic. Halloween clearance aisle. Wind knocked it off a door, rolled there, been a while. Wind does strange things, seen lawn chairs at the pool Garbage cans in the street, beer cans at the Except the beer cans moved. Every piece of yard trash drifted. Every fern frond, every palm skin, every dried leaf shifted. Nothing held that exact spot for ninety days but one Just the face. Just the angle. Just the hollow one.
Bridge
Maybe I just haven't slept right since October Apartment's too quiet since my cousin moved over Maybe I'm in my head But what if I'm not
Verse 4
Timestamped photos going back to mid-December Face was down then, now it's up, I remember Nobody touched it, asked the landlord twice He laughed, said some kid's, I smiled back nice Six pages in my notes I don't show nobody Either I'm clocking something real or I'm not already And I can't tell which one scares me more to sit with at night To be wrong. Or to be right.
Verse 5
Morning now. I checked. Same spot, same hollow stare. Same angle through the screen, same square of air. Scared isn't even the right word anymore More like something unnamed keeps pulling my eyes to the door Every morning first thing. Every night, last thing. Tell myself I'm done. Check it again. I know it's just a thing. I'm almost sure of that. Almost.
Chorus
Hollow face in the dirt since Halloween Soaking up the rain like it's waiting on something I know what it is, I know it can't breathe But hollow face keep watching Hollow face keep watching me Hollow face, hollow face Hollow face keep watching me
Outro
It's probably nothing Probably nothing
Inside the recording
Halloween been over since October, still Hollow face aimed at my window on the sill
The floodlight catches it at exactly a quarter to three Not every angle, just the angle facing me
It's probably nothing Probably nothing
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