Jethro Tull

Lights Out

Jethro Tull


Last light's out. They're all abed 
And something's in my room, 
Creeping down towards me on the wall. 
Daddy said it's just some flickering headlight through the gloom, 
Making shapes through trees outside the hall. 
But what the hell does he know? 
He doesn't feel the dread 
The cold restricting terror in the dark. 
I've seen that silhouette before 
Something the newsman said 

Something about some monster in the park 
It's you, you're the man on the TV screen. 
It's you front page face of the dead. 
Locked up in the light of day 
At night come out to play 
To terrorize me there above my bed. 

The air is still and heavy now, 
There's thunder in the sky. 
He's dreaming up some message he can send. 
I'm scared completely helpless 
and I think I'm going to cry. 
Are grownups brave or do they just pretend? 

His face is growing clearer. 
I can see his eyes glow red. 
My teddy bear's the only friend I can feel. 
The shadow's hand slips down the wall 
And touches teddy's head 
I now suspect that shadow will touch me. 

It's you, you're the man on the TV screen. 
It's you front page face of the dead. 
Locked up in the light of day 
At night come out to play 
To terrorize me there above my bed. 

It's you, you're the man on the TV screen. 
It's you front page face of the dead. 
Locked up in the light of day 
At night come out to play 
To terrorize me there above my bed.