[Intro]

[Verse 1]
The glass is freezing to the touch
The winter dark is absolute
I pull the heavy curtains shut
But shadows still begin to root
A silhouette against the glass
A silent watcher in the frost
I wait for this creeping dread to pass
But know my sanctuary is lost

[Chorus]
Outside the window, in the pale street light
Something is breathing in the dead of night
Through woven fabric, through the drawn-down blind
It seeks the terror buried in my mind
I feel the stare, I feel the chill
Standing so impossibly still

[Verse 2]
I turn my back but feel the eyes
Piercing the fabric, sharp as knives
My pulse is racing, a frantic beat
A cold sweat soaking through the sheet
Is it a phantom of my fractured sleep?
Or something foul that starts to creep?
The windowpane is thin and frail
Against the watcher beyond the veil

[Chorus]
Outside the window, in the pale street light
Something is breathing in the dead of night
Through woven fabric, through the drawn-down blind
It seeks the terror buried in my mind
I feel the stare, I feel the chill
Standing so impossibly still

[Bridge]
The curtains twitch, a sudden breath!
A silent promise of coming death!
I cannot look, I cannot hide!
The outside world is trapped inside!

[Guitar Solo]
[Melancholic, atmospheric black metal riffing]
[Heavy reverb and delay effects]

[Verse 3]
[Clean, desperate vocals]
I close my eyes but still I see
The shape that waits out there for me
It does not knock, it does not speak
Just waits for me to grow too weak
Every shadow holds a face
Within this suffocating space

[Chorus]
Outside the window, in the pale street light
Something is breathing in the dead of night
Through woven fabric, through the drawn-down blind
It seeks the terror buried in my mind
I feel the stare, I feel the chill
Standing so impossibly still

[Outro]
[Whispering vocals]
It's looking in...
Even through the dark...
Don't look at the glass...
Just don't look at the glass...
[End]