Stabbing in the Dark (Acoustic)

[Intro: Spencer Charnas]

In calculated silence

Captivated by the violence I replay

Fifteen years ago today

Oh, an evil evolution

Will bring a feeble institution to its knees

Oh doctor, can't you see?

[Chorus: Matthew Heafy & Spencer Charnas, Spencer Charnas]

That when the hands of fate

Fall on the midnight hour

Behind this mask of hate

I don the devil's power

These are the devil's eyes

[Verse 1: Spencer Charnas]

A former portrait of perfection

Painted without plight

Now Haddonfield's my battlefield

Your kids won't make it home tonight

With a madness void of reason

I kill with every strike

I'll haunt you day after day

Knife after knife

(Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum)

Taking life after life

[Chorus: Matthew Heafy & Spencer Charnas, Spencer Charnas]

When the hands of fate

Fall on the midnight hour

Behind this mask of hate

I don the devil's power

If there's life in the shadows

Let the knife leave its mark

Where the certainty of safety feels like stabbing

Stabbing in the dark

[Verse 2: Spencer Charnas]

You'll learn a heartless human harvest

Feeds this festival of flesh

Stalking at the top

Scream of the crop

A silent cut above the rest

Where blood's thicker than water

I've carved up quite a scene

With your worst fears cast on this white veneer

I'll change the face of Halloween

(Bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum)

You can't kill the boogeyman

[Chorus: Matthew Heafy & Spencer Charnas, Spencer Charnas]

When the hands of fate

Fall on the midnight hour

Behind this mask of hate

I don the devil's power

If there's life in the shadows

Let the knife leave its mark

Where the certainty of safety feels like stabbing

Stabbing in the dark

[Sound Bit]

All units respond

Multiple fatalities reported on Orange Grove Ave

Suspect has been identified as one Michael Myers

He is armed and extremely dangerous

Shoot to kill, I repeat, shoot to kill, over

[Bridge: Spencer Charnas, Matthew Heafy]

I am a shadow where there once was light

Strangling all signs of life

It's either you or some kid down the street

The choice is yours

Trick or fuckin' treat

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus: Matthew Heafy & Spencer Charnas, Spencer Charnas]

When the hands of fate

Fall on the midnight hour

Behind this mask of hate

I don the devil's power

If there's life in the shadows

Let the knife leave its mark

Where the certainty of safety feels like stabbing

Stabbing in the dark