Bad Time Story (Crimson Remix)
female vocals, dark horror pop, cinematic industrial, twisted lullaby energy, psych horror atmosphere, eerie spoken intro, intimate female lead, controlled raw vocal, low whispery verses, unstable theatrical edge, haunting melodic chorus, poisoned nursery rhyme vibe, 92 bpm, slow crawling pulse, heavy sub bass, deep tom hits, sharp industrial percussion, distorted violin textures, cathedral organ accents, music box unease, creaking ambience, horror ambience, close mic vocal, dry vocal mix, minimal reverb, tense dynamic build, sudden silence drops, dark storytelling, nightmare fairytale theme, house of gas imagery, bad time story hook, replayable chorus, crimson omen aesthetic
Bad Time Story (Crimson Remix)
female vocals, dark horror pop, cinematic industrial, twisted lullaby energy, psych horror atmosphere, eerie spoken intro, intimate female lead, controlled raw vocal, low whispery verses, unstable theatrical edge, haunting melodic chorus, poisoned nursery rhyme vibe, 92 bpm, slow crawling pulse, heavy sub bass, deep tom hits, sharp industrial percussion, distorted violin textures, cathedral organ accents, music box unease, creaking ambience, horror ambience, close mic vocal, dry vocal mix, minimal reverb, tense dynamic build, sudden silence drops, dark storytelling, nightmare fairytale theme, house of gas imagery, bad time story hook, replayable chorus, crimson omen aesthetic
Lyrics
Quiet now
The walls are listening again
Don’t move
Don’t blink
Don’t make me start from the bad part
Once upon a time in a house made of heat
Where the floorboards groaned underneath your feet
Every promise curled like smoke in the hall
Every family portrait watched the ash fall
There was a girl with a mouth full of prayers
And a smile stitched up like nobody cared
There was a boy with a match in his hand
Saying love like a lie no one understands
In the kitchen the glass kept singing your name
In the bedroom the mirror learned all your shame
In the walls something small started scratching to live
Like a debt coming back for the change you gave
Did you hear that sound
No you didn’t
That was only the house breathing in
Did you feel that shift
No you didn’t
That was only the dark settling in
Hush now
Head down
Something’s at the door
No sound
Don’t ask
What it wants you for
Red words
Thin skin
Clock hands cut the air
Bad luck
Bad blood
Bad things everywhere
It’s a bad time story
Written in red
With a soft little voice
And a mouth full of dread
It’s a bad time story
Turn the lock
Kill the light
Where the monsters don’t chase you
They wait there inside
It’s a bad time story
Say my name
Say goodnight
Say you never saw the shadows moving right
It’s a bad time story
Don’t you worry
Don’t you cry
You were lost long before they kissed the sky
Sleep now
Sleep now
Sleep now in the dust
Sleep now
Sleep now
Everything breaks if you touch it too much
Thirteen struck and the whole house smiled
Like a mother gone wrong with a dead-eyed child
Wolf at the door with a gentleman’s grin
Clawing polite just to let himself in
Under the bed all the secrets went wet
Every sorry little thing you were trying to forget
There’s a crown in the dirt and a dress in the drain
And a princess blue-lipped from forgetting her name
You can tell me you’re good
You can tell me you tried
But the truth leaves a taste you can’t wash from the tongue
You can hold your breath still
You can close both your eyes
But the dark knows the shape of the things that you’ve done
Did you hear that laugh
Low and broken
Like a hymn with the throat torn out
Did you hear me cry
No you didn’t
I was smiling when I drowned it out
Hush now
Head down
Something’s in the walls
No God
No help
No one hears your calls
Cold hands
Small teeth
Pulling at the thread
Bad dream
Bad seed
Bad thoughts in your head
It’s a bad time story
Written in red
With a soft little voice
And a mouth full of dread
It’s a bad time story
Turn the lock
Kill the light
Where the monsters don’t chase you
They wait there inside
It’s a bad time story
Say my name
Say goodnight
Say you never saw the shadows moving right
It’s a bad time story
Don’t you worry
Don’t you cry
You were lost long before they kissed the sky
I was only telling you the truth
That’s what you wanted
Wasn’t it
I was only pulling back the sheet
So you could see what sleeps beneath it
Bad times make bad hearts
Bad hearts make bad homes
Bad homes make ghosts
And ghosts don’t leave
Bad words in the mouth
Black mold in the lungs
Love with a switchblade smile
Twisting underneath
Shh
Listen
The mice in the floor
The nails in the beams
The breath in the vent
The hand in your dreams
The click in the hall
The weight on the stair
The voice that says
No one is there
Shh
Again
The crack in the glass
The hymn in reverse
The dirt in the bed
The kiss and the curse
The shape in the door
The teeth in the grin
The thing you call evil
Has always lived in
It’s a bad time story
It’s a bad time story
Written in red
It’s a bad time story
No more glory
No more sun
Morning only comes for certain ones
There now
Much better
Close your eyes
Lie still
Let the dust decide what you become
And if the sun forgets to rise
Don’t be afraid
You were never meant
To wake up