Last House on the Left

[Intro | Female Vocal | whispered | intimate | distant doorbell]

Every porch light has gone dark
Except for mine

[Instrumental Pickup | dark guitar riff | stomping drums | tolling bell]

[Verse 1 | Female Vocal | smoky lower register | calm | sinister]

You’ve been walking since the moonrise
With your shadow at your side
Every door along the roadside
Closed before you arrived

But there’s one light through the branches
There’s one candle burning red
And a woman in the window
Slowly turns and tilts her head

[Pre-Chorus | Female Vocal | tension rising | layered whispers]

Come up the pathway
Come through the gate
You’ve come this far now
Don’t make me wait

[Chorus | Female Vocal | powerful | catchy | theatrical]

At the last house on the left
There’s a light still burning
At the last house on the left
There’s a key still turning

Knock three times
Hold your breath
Come inside and meet what’s left

At the last house on the left
No one leaves before the morning

[Post-Chorus | Female Vocal | low chant | layered backing vocals]

Come inside
Come inside
There is nowhere left to hide

[Verse 2 | Female Vocal | playful menace | driving rhythm]

There are masks along the hallway
There are footprints on the stairs
There are names carved in the table
But the chairs are always bare

You can hear the ballroom turning
Though the music has been dead
And the portraits keep on watching
As I lead you on ahead

[Pre-Chorus | Female Vocal | stronger | guitars building]

Take off your coat now
Put down your fear
We’ve saved a place for you
Every Halloween of every year

[Chorus | Female Vocal | powerful | heavier guitars]

At the last house on the left
There’s a light still burning
At the last house on the left
There’s a key still turning

Knock three times
Hold your breath
Come inside and meet what’s left

At the last house on the left
No one leaves before the morning

[Instrumental Break | short gothic guitar riff | organ accents | pounding floor toms]

[Bridge | Female Vocal | spoken-sung | seductive | increasingly frightening]

The first knock wakes the windows
The second wakes the floor
The third one wakes the family
Who have waited by the door

You thought this house was empty
You thought that I lived here alone

[Whispered Pause]

But every guest who crossed this threshold
Has finally made it home

[Breakdown | Female Vocal | commanding | sparse drums]

Turn the lock
Draw the shade
Join the little game we’ve made

Kill the light
Count to ten
Halloween begins again

[Final Chorus | Female Vocal | soaring | full band | layered harmonies]

At the last house on the left
Every light is burning
At the last house on the left
Every key is turning

Knock three times
Hold your breath
Come inside and join the rest

At the last house on the left
No one leaves before the morning

At the last house on the left
Hear them laughing through the walls
At the last house on the left
There is always room for one more

[Final Post-Chorus | Female Vocal | layered chant | fading]

Come inside
Come inside
There is nowhere left to hide

Come inside
Come inside

[Outro | Female Vocal | close whisper | door closing]

Every porch light has gone dark

Now so has mine