In the dark in the room Whistles faintly echo Up to my room "Who's in this house?"
And the dread settles in A bag full of lead I can't move And for some reason I think the whistling can see me in here
Skritch-scratch under the door Total paralysis still - Maybe, I shall pretend to snore?
Two red jewel eyes Materialize At the foot of this bed This Is absurd! I can't even mouth a word!
Climbing ontop of me The mare opens his jaws To a dead TV channel That sounds like bee-wings Just about suffocated by fright
Then it all endsΒ Hard heavy anvil feelings And all I keep with me is the dread
I had such a hard time sleeping as a kid for fear of re-living this re-interpretation of Kentucky folklore. Sleeping brain+creepy southern folk tales=nightmare city. Alternate title, "The Dread".