Boogeyman

By PROJECT MONROE · Melodic Death Metal · From the album MYTHICAL NIGHTMARES

**[Verse 1]**

Silent room, the clock strikes none

Blankets pulled, but you’re not alone

Something shifts beneath the frame

Cold breath fogs the air with shame

Claws like needles scrape the springs

Fingers count your heartbeats—things

That live in dark and feed on dread

Have come to claim what’s under the bed

**[Chorus]**

UNDER THE BED HE WAITS!

Yellow eyes in endless black

UNDER THE BED HE WAITS!

Drag you down, no coming back

Teeth like broken glass will grind

Every bone you try to hide

**[Verse 2]**

He rises slow, joints crack and pop

Skin hangs loose in rotten flaps

Mouth unhinges, jaw splits wide

Swallows children still alive

Guts uncoil like wet gray rope

Draped around his crooked throat

Laughs in gurgles thick with bile

As your screams feed him for a while

**[Breakdown]**

CRUSH YOUR SKULL—brain matter sprays

EAT YOUR EYES—steal your gaze

RIP YOUR TONGUE—silence your pleas

BOOGEYMAN—BRINGER OF DISEASE

**[Outro]**

When the lights go out tonight

He’ll be there to set things right

Your childhood ends in blood and dread

Forever trapped beneath the bed.

Born from the closet… reborn in gore…

**[Verse 1]**

Door creaks open just a crack

Blackness bleeds out, dripping black

Placenta of mold and old clothes

Coats his body as he grows

Umbilical cord of rusted wire

Wraps your neck, pulls you higher

Into the closet womb he keeps

Where aborted nightmares never sleep

**[Chorus –

CLOSET WOMB! BIRTH IN PAIN!

FLESH RIPPED WIDE! ACID RAIN!

CLOSET WOMB! FORCEPS OF BONE!

CARVES YOUR NAME INTO THE UNKNOWN!

**[Verse 2]**

He splits your belly with hanger hooks

Spills your organs like old books

Reads your future in the coils

Feeds the steaming pile to soil

Face sewn shut with shoelace thread

Still alive inside your head

He rocks you gently in the dark

Sings a lullaby of sparks

**[Final slam]**

FETAL POSITION—SKIN FLAYED RAW

CRANIAL BIRTH—THROUGH YOUR JAW

BOOGEYMAN MIDWIFE SMILES

AS HE PULLS YOUR SOUL FOR MILES

Hush now, child… sleep…

**[Verse 1]**

Moonlight crawls across the floor

Shadows stretch forevermore

A silhouette with elongated limbs

Begins the song that never ends

Voice like graves and rusted chains

Whispers horrors in your veins

Every note a needle prick

Every word makes you more sick

**[Chorus –

Sleep, my sweet, the Boogeyman sings

Of flayed angels on broken wings

Dream, my dear, of teeth and claws

That open you without a cause

**[Verse 2]**

He peels the night from off your skin

Reveals the meat that lies within

Carves a cradle from your ribs

Feeds you pieces of your fibs

Your heartbeat slows to match his tune

Your blood becomes a crimson moon

He tucks you in with strips of face

Kisses goodnight in cold embrace

**[Outro –

Close your eyes…

He’s inside…

Forever…

Lullaby…

Watch the Boogeyman music video

About Melodic Death Metal

A Gothenburg-originated fusion of death metal extremity with soaring melodies and harmonized guitar leads, balancing brutality with accessibility and emotional depth. Bands include: In Flames, At the Gates, Dark Tranquility

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