

They cut me in black and white
So the red won't read on screen Still,
I stain in color
Kept my fangs filed down polite
Flashlight underneath my chin Just to look like my father {subdued conversational
male tenor, sparse grand piano,
fingerpicked acoustic guitar, glockenspiel
sparkle}
Like a rubber suit
Zipped up to the chin Nobody checks who's in
Like a rubber suit
Sweating at the seams Even in my dreams {warm fuzz guitar swell,
shoegaze shimmer, building tension} Stay up for the creature feature I promise
I don't bite I just glow in the dark
Stay up for the creature feature Go on,
snuff the lights Hold my hand through the scary part
{funky groove
drop, high falsetto halo,
tape-warbled keys, phaser-swirled guitar}
The scary part
The scary part {dreamy guitar arpeggios,
fading beat} Sunday I'm the matinee
Friday I'm the midnight scare
Same boy, different lighting
Mama in the folding chair
Praying through the previews She already knows the ending {sparse piano,
fingerpicked acoustic guitar, subtle glockenspiel} Like a rubber suit
Zipped up to the chin
Nobody checks who's in
Like a rubber suit
Sweating at the seams
Even in my dreams {warm fuzz guitars,
shoegaze shimmer build}
Stay up for the creature feature I promise I don't bite I
just glow in the dark
Stay up for the creature feature Go on,
snuff the lights Hold my hand through the scary part
{funky groove drop, stacked vocal harmonies,
high falsetto
halo}
The scary part The scary part
{guitars wash out, tempo stays
steady}
Rewind me slow
Back before the bite
I looked human in this light Rewind me slow
{hushed whispered vocals, tape-warbled rhodes,
warm ambient synth pads} Stay up for the creature feature I promise
I don't bite I just glow in the dark
Stay up for the creature feature Go on,
snuff the lights Hold my hand through the scary part
{full climax, soaring fuzz guitars behind the
funky groove} The scary part
The scary part Don't go The scary part
{music slowly disintegrating, tape-warble slows down,
fading to
silence}