Tonight every lesson learned, gonna see a return /1/ the stakes-have never been higher, like the fires we burn /2/ concerns now are survival, think on your feet /3/ focus on your rival, don’t miss a beat /4/ so load up-roll up, come with the heat /5/ if movies are your bible, you’re in for a treat /6/ If I had to pick a favorite, again and again /7/ they’d be tales of paranoia, shot through a skewed lense /8/ Body Snatchers invade, and spores descend—/9/ or communities with secrets they’d die to defend /10/ maybe isolated, stranded, gonna need a new plan /11/ inspector in Summerisle, trapped in Wicker Man /12/ or McCreedy in The Thing as a Carpenter fan—/13/ finding something in the ice with a long life span /14/ it wants to get out, so it looks like a man /15/ like Roddy Piper in They Live, trying on his Raybans /16/ finding evil empires, invisible hands /17/with a finger on the pulse, and our adrenal glands /18

What just happened, where am I, who are you? /1/ the last thing I remember it was a full moon—/2/ hell broke loose, a minute too soon /3/ and everyone scattered, just like a cartoon /4/ no one was prepared, monsters broke through and spread—/5/ it was the thing of nightmares, all pouring outta my head /6/ that’s right, it was me - the reason we’re all covered in red /7/ enveloped in carnage, like a bleeding waterbed /8/ ‘cause outta my subconscious came the evil that resides /9/ inside I’ve tried to hold back the tide /10/ but monsters are my friends, they just wanted to say hi /11/ in their own way with their claws and their knives /12/ I get it now, I feel bad, it cost a lotta lives /13/ next time I’ll think twice, before I let ‘em out /14/ gotta defeat ‘em-beat ‘em, lead ‘em into their own traps- /15/some are waiting in my dreams, so I only take naps /16/ it’s a good thing I was taking notes—down here where it floats /17/ or sinking in the sunken place— with suburban white folks /18/ a bread-trail of entrails to find my way out /20/ this got out of hand, now I really have my doubts

Some people hate scary movies, they avoid ‘em, not me /01/ not me, I like to analyze and sort ‘em /02/ seek ‘em out, shout about, start the—recorder /03/ is it weird asking for gore in my order /04/ ‘cause I’m a vegetarian who likes to see blood--/05/ imagine surfing on the Shining’s elevator flood /06/ maybe too much, like the lady in the tub? /07/ laughing like a maniac-who really needs a scrub— /08/ whether monsters, zombies, psychos, or ghosts /09/ xenomorph, face huggers looking for a host /10/ or fine young cannibals trying to spread you on their toast /11/ we all have favorites, what scares you the most /12/ Italian slashers— extremities in France /13/ or POV horror made with micr0-finance /14/ really every flavor, you’ll never try ‘em all /15/ kaiju monsters, Godzilla standing tall /16/ on the shores of J-Horror, waiting to appall—/17/ the train to Busan just slowed down to crawl /18/