Imagine living every day like you're at a Halloween party, constantly wearing different masks to fit in and get approval. 🎠That's what Walker Hayes and Nicolle Galyon explore in this song. They paint a picture of lifelong insecurity and the exhausting effort of pretending to be someone you're not. But then, a transformative love arrives. Meeting that special someone allows the singer to finally drop the façade. For the first time, they feel comfortable being themselves, laying all their "skeletons" bare. The repeated refrain of "rest in peace" symbolizes saying goodbye to those past personas, finally allowing their true self to emerge. It's a touching tribute to the liberating power of genuine connection.
Halloween
Lyrics
Before I even learned to play a note, I was on stage
Mastering the art of selling myself at a young age
Fear and insecurity drove me like a Maserati
High school was like showing up at a costume party
I was a comedian, an athlete
A golden boy, a black sheep
Whatever I had to be to make the world throw candy at me
And college was the same act, different play
It was October 31st every day
And the real world was an all too familiar street
Another trick, another treat
Then I knock-knock-knocked on your door
Every mask I ever wore
Shattered like glass on the floor
And it was like
Halloween ended
To all the people I pretended to be
Rest in peace, rest in peace, rest in peace
Halloween ended
To all the people I pretended to be
Rest in peace, rest in peace, rest in peace
Hell, I don't know why I'm like this
But what would it change if I knew
Maybe my parents messed up
But, hey, they're just dressed up kids too
Maybe I guess what I'm trying to say is I love you
For being somebody I'm not ashamed to introduce my skeletons to
I still put on my Superman cape and hide in it
But when I'm with you it comes untied for a minute
Hits the ground in the shadow of your skin
For the first time I was comfortable in mine
When I knock-knock-knocked on your door
Every mask I ever wore
Shattered like glass on the floor
It was like
Halloween ended
To all the people I pretended to be
Rest in peace, rest in peace, rest in peace
Halloween ended
To all the people I pretended to be
Rest in peace, rest in peace, rest in peace
When I knock-knock-knocked on your door
Every mask I ever wore
Shattered like glass on the floor
When I knock-knock-knocked on your door (when I knocked on your door)
Every mask I ever wore
Shattered like glass on the floor
It was like
Halloween ended
To all the people I pretended to be
Rest in peace, rest in peace, rest in peace
Halloween ended
To all the people I pretended to be
Rest in peace, rest in peace, rest in peace
Halloween ended (when I knock-knock-knocked on your door)
To all the people I pretended to be
Halloween ended (rest in peace, rest in peace)
Rest in peace (when I knock-knock-knocked on your door)
Halloween ended (when I knock-knock-knocked on your door)
To all the people I pretended to be
Halloween ended (rest in peace, rest in peace) (when I knock-knock-knocked on your door)
Rest in peace
Writer(s): NICOLLE ANNE GALYON, WALKER HAYES
Copyright(s): Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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