The Underlying Menace

I am the nightmare which wakes you screaming in the night Leaving you sleepless in terror waiting for the dawn I am the unnerving feeling crawling down your spine The ice cold paralysis, freezing mind and body You cannot run from the intangible No weapon of man can harm me And though you may try to ignore I will be waiting for you tonight Come from the depths of the void From places beyond time The very essence of fear Age beyond reckoning I am not your god for I need no slaves I will devour your mind swimming in madness I have driven mad and devoured countless beings You will be no exception, you cannot resist it So pray to the heavens for the good it will do You’d have just as much success shouting into space And reassure yourself that it’s only nothing Convince yourself that I do not exist And now you lay your head down And now you’re mine I’ll show you such calm and bliss Before I tear it away You can scream forever sleeping And no one can hear you To them you look like the corpse That you soon will become