Never Invite the Lonely by Obituary Pending
Never Invite the Lonely
[Intro – Whispered, Uneasy]
The door creaks…
Footsteps echo…
You thought you were safe…
You thought you were alone…
[Verse 1]
I opened my home to a stranger’s stare,
A lonely face, with secrets to share.
Eyes too hollow, hands too pale,
A whisper of warning, but I ignored the tale.
The candles flickered, shadows grew long,
Every corner hiding something wrong.
A laughter too soft, a breath too deep,
I felt the house itself begin to weep.
[Pre-Chorus]
Isolation is a dangerous friend,
And the lonely… they wait… they bend…
[Chorus]
Never invite the lonely inside,
Their hunger hides where shadows hide.
Walls close in, the night conspires,
And every step feeds hidden fires.
Never invite the lonely, beware…
Their silence cuts like a whispered prayer.
[Verse 2]
I poured the wine, I offered the seat,
But something felt wrong in the rhythm of their heartbeat.
The clock spun backwards, the floorboards moaned,
And in my chest, a terror had grown.
I laughed to hide it, I tried to be kind,
But isolation warps the weakest mind.
Every mirror showed not my own face,
But a stranger smiling with quiet disgrace.
[Pre-Chorus]
Loneliness curls, it claws, it bites,
It turns the walls to endless nights.
[Chorus]
Never invite the lonely inside,
Their hunger hides where shadows hide.
Walls close in, the night conspires,
And every step feeds hidden fires.
Never invite the lonely, beware…
Their silence cuts like a whispered prayer.
[Bridge – Creeping Tension]
The whispers started behind the door,
I couldn’t recall what I’d known before.
Footsteps followed in the hall,
I wasn’t alone, not at all.
I reached to lock it, but the key was gone,
The lonely lingered, waiting, drawn.
I realized too late, as the candle fell,
Their quiet was louder than any hell.
[Verse 3]
Shadows tangled with the edge of my sight,
Every heartbeat a drum in the encroaching night.
I thought I could reason, I thought I could plead,
But the lonely feed on fear and need.
The clock struck midnight, or had it already?
I couldn’t tell in the darkness, heavy and steady.
A hand on my shoulder, I turned to scream,
But the lonely only lived in my dream.
[Chorus – Final, Frenzied]
Never invite the lonely inside,
Their hunger hides where shadows hide.
Walls close in, the night conspires,
And every step feeds hidden fires.
Never invite the lonely, beware…
Their silence cuts like a whispered prayer.
[Outro – Fading Paranoia]
Footsteps echo…
The door creaks…
I thought I was safe…
I thought I was alone…
Never… invite… the lonely…