Yellow Eyes in the Pines

Lyrics The last road fades behind us Where the black pines twist and lean A cold wind runs beside us Like a wolf we’ve never seen There’s a hush across the hollow Then a branch snaps overhead And the shadows start to follow Every word we never said Hear the scratching, hear the calling Something’s moving through the trees Keep your lantern steady, darling Don’t look back—and don’t you breathe In the dark woods, spooky night Yellow eyes blink out of sight Claws on bark and wings in flight Creatures wake beneath the moon tonight Run, run, through the tangled black Hear those hungry footsteps track In the dark woods, spooky night We’re not alone beneath the pines A crow beats down the silence With a cry like rusted steel Something circles just beyond us Something we can almost feel There are pale hands in the brambles There are antlers in the mist And a shape with too many angles Grins where the trail turns its wrist Hear the scratching, hear the calling Something’s moving through the trees Keep your lantern steady, darling Don’t look back—and don’t you breathe In the dark woods, spooky night Yellow eyes blink out of sight Claws on bark and wings in flight Creatures wake beneath the moon tonight Run, run, through the tangled black Hear those hungry footsteps track In the dark woods, spooky night We’re not alone beneath the pines Then the lantern sputters Then the night goes still A hundred voices whisper From the ridge above the hill We stand beneath the branches With our backs against the stone And the forest bares its teeth Like it knows we came alone In the dark woods, spooky night Yellow eyes burn sharp and bright Claws on bark and wings in flight Creatures rise beneath the moon tonight Run, run, through the tangled black No clear path to lead us back In the dark woods, spooky night We’re not alone beneath the pines The last road waits at morning But the trees don’t let us go Now our footsteps join the calling Down where roots drink in the snow In the dark woods Spooky night Something’s watching From inside the pines