Brass gears turn in oil and salt
Pendulum swings the tide's old fault
Midnight strikes the hall's high vault
Masks arrive for Halloween halt
Velvet cloaks brush wooden floor
Count steps at the oak front door
No lamps to trim on ghostly shore
Candle smoke on bone-white door
Tick tock strikes velvet hour
Halloween wakes wicked power
Masks spin round pendulum tower
Keep watch past the final hour
Skeleton keys won't turn the lock
Heavy chains fall with a shock
Witches dance where oil lamps burn
Vampires sip from crystal urn
Tick tock strikes velvet hour
Halloween wakes wicked power
Masks spin round pendulum tower
Keep watch past the final hour
No foghorn on this inland night
Organ chords in pale moonlight
Brass heart beats steady clip
Ghosts dip low vampires sip
Spider webs lace glass face plate
Eight legs crawl on hands of fate
