Threatened
[ROD SERLING INTRO]Tonight’s story is somewhat unique and calls for a different kind of introductionA monster had arrived in the villageThe major ingredient of any recipe for fear is the unknownAnd this person or thing is soon to be metHe knows every thought, he can feel every emotionOh yes, I did forget something didn’t I? I forgot to introduce you to the monster.
You’re fearing me, ‘cause you know I’m a beastWatching you when you sleep, when you’re in bedI’m underneathYou’re trapped in halls, and my face is the wallsI’m the floor when you fall, and when you scream it’s ‘cause of meI’m the living dead, the dark thoughts in your headI heard just what you saidThat’s why you’ve got to be threatened by me
[CHORUS]You should be watching me, you should feel threatenedWhile you sleep, while you creep, you should be threatenedEvery time your lady speaks she speaks of me, threatenedHalf of me you’ll never be, so you should feel threatened by me
You think you’re by yourself, but it’s my touch you feltI’m not a ghost from Hell, but I’ve got a spell on youYour worst nightmare, it's me, I'm everywhereIn one blink I’ll disappear, and then I’ll come back to haunt youI’m telling you, when you lie under a tombI’m the one watching youThat’s why you got to be threatened by me
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[ROD SERLING VERSE]The unknown monster is about to embarkFrom a far corner, out of the darkA nightmare, that’s the caseNever Neverland, that’s the placeThis particular monster can read mindsBe in two places at the same timeThis is judgement night, execution, slaughterThe devil, ghosts, this monster is tortureYou can be sure of one thing, that’s fateA human presence that you feel is strangeA monster that you can see disappearA monster, the worst thing to fear.
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[ROD SERLING OUTRO]What you have just witnessed could be the end of a particularly terrifying nightmare.It isn’t. It’s the beginning.