A quiet village sleeps
Two parents drive away
Crash steals both heartbeats
Gone by break of day
One child is left behind
Grandmother knows their kind
Gloved hands and purple eyes
Are claws beneath disguise
Hold your breath, don’t make a sound
Ugly truth is gathering round
An ugly secret, dressed up sweet
Plain shoes uncover square-cut feet
Peel the face and bare the eyes
Pull the wigs and strip the lies
Kindness cracks; the costume dies
An ugly secret waits inside
Poison down the throat
The body starts to change
Mouse fur replaces clothes
The human mind remains
Small paws slip through the grate
A book conceals the blue
A tail reverses fate
Serve the coven their own brew
Hold your breath, don’t make a sound
Ugly truth is gathering round
An ugly secret, dressed up sweet
Plain shoes uncover square-cut feet
Peel the face and bare the eyes
Pull the wigs and strip the lies
Kindness cracks; the costume dies
An ugly secret waits inside
Called them vermin, called them small
Thought your heel would end it all
They taste the soup—now they shrink
Green smoke blooms—the dresses sink
Chairs kick back—the silver flies
“Get the mice!” the grown-ups cry
Boots crush mice across the floor
Cleaver falls—one rat no more
An ugly secret, dressed up sweet
Plain shoes uncover square-cut feet
Peel the face and bare the eyes
Pull the wigs and strip the lies
Kindness cracks; the costume dies
An ugly secret waits inside