All At Once

Shadows endlessly deepening

So much for bravery

Fear is overtaking

At the sounds of creeps

And creatures beneath me

Holding your eyes shut wont do a thing

One by one they’re advancing

What choice is left but

Standing up against them

With parades of plastic, stuffing and fabric

Sound the alarms

We’ll hold them ’til dawn

All at once

We will run them from our shores

We will rise

No more sleepless nights in horror

We won’t see this evil defeat us

March with me we’re off to war

We’ll stand our ground and we’ll fight

We’ll take back the night

How can this still be happening?

The things I’ve seen

No one would believe me

Years of holding back relentless attacking

Have left me on my own

I know I’ve got to try

I’ve spent my whole life saying

That it’s all in my head

I’m afraid they’re very real

The monsters under your bed

And I’ve tried so hard to stop them

As they come from the depths

I know it sounds completely crazy

But you’re all I’ve got left

All at once (grab your guns)

We will run them from our shores

We will rise (hear our cries)

No more sleepless nights in horror

We won’t see this evil defeat us

March with me we’re off to war

We’ll stand our ground and we’ll fight

We’ll take back the night

You laugh but you don’t have a clue

You have to believe this is true

All at once, if you must, cast your stones and write me off

But if you lock me up, it sure wont help at all

They’ll come again, it wont end, there’ll be no one to defend you

If I’m stuck inside a cell when darkness falls

Please! Don’t leave me here in these chains! Set me free!

You don’t understand, they’re on their way!

I can’t protect you from here

Don’t you see? This is the end (good God!)

The sounds of their screams as it’s all falling down

Their monstrous footsteps quake the ground

I hear humanity fall

And I plead, forgive me I’ve failed you