Hushlights

[intro] “Don’t look out the window, sugar… just turn on the hushlight.” [Verse 1] Porch light flicker, don’t mean welcome Mean somethin’s movin’ and you best not help ‘em Curtains twitch, eyes stay low In this town, you don’t ask—you know Church bell cracked, preacher long gone Now the crows give sermons from the powerline thong Sheriff got a limp and a fogged-up eye Keeps a shotgun by the bed and a flask bone-dry We don’t talk much, we don’t dig deep We just keep the hushlights burnin’ when the pinewoods creep Little Timmy gone missin’? That’s a shame But the dogs didn’t bark, so we ain’t sayin’ names [chorus] Hushlights glow in the trailer night Keep your prayers short and your doors shut tight If the wind says run, you walk real slow ‘Cause what’s out there already knows Hushlights hum when the b***d gets thick And the shadows crawl up the windows quick Ain’t no savin’ this cursed old patch Just hold your kin close and don’t strike a match [Verse 2] Old man Boone seen the bagboy once Now he walks like his bones been punched Talkin’ to the sky like the clouds owe rent Hands full of teeth and his mind half spent The mill shut down but the smell stayed on Like bleach and rot and a hymn gone wrong Even the moon don’t rise too high She peeks one time, then just drifts on by We don’t leave notes, we don’t leave trails Just burn what twitches and salt the nails Every child learns how to shut their scream When the burlap shuffles through a fever dream [chorus] Hushlights glow in the trailer night Keep your prayers short and your doors shut tight If the wind says run, you walk real slow ‘Cause what’s out there already knows Hushlights hum when the b***d gets thick And the shadows crawl up the windows quick Ain’t no savin’ this cursed old patch Just hold your kin close and don’t strike a match [Outro] “In Black Hollow we don’t watch the woods… the woods watch us.” [outro] “You can bury the screams, but the hushlight knows…” “It don’t shine to guide… it shines to warn.” “Ain’t no mercy past the gate of this dirt…” “Just burlap breath and the heat of hurt…” “So keep your mouth shut, keep your hands dry…” “If you see him smilin’, it’s your turn to die.”