It's close to midnight Something's evil lurking in the dark Under the moonlight You see a sight that almost stops your heart You try to scream But terror takes a stand before you make it You're stuck to freeze As horror looks you right between the eyes You're paralyzed Cause this is Thriller, Thriller Night And no one's gonna save you from the beast that's about to strike You know it's Thriller, Thriller Night You're fighting for your life inside a killer thriller tonight You hit the door slam And realize there's nowhere left to run You feel the cold hand And wonder if you'll ever see the sun You close your eyes And hope that this is just imagination Girl, but all the while You hear the creature creeping up behind You're out of time Cause this is Thriller, Thriller Night There ain't no second chance against the thing with 40 eyes, girl Thriller, Thriller Night You're fighting for your life inside a killer thriller tonight Night breaches come and the dead start to walk in their masquerade But there's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time You're in shock This is the end of your life Out to get you There's demons closing in on every side They won't possess you Unless you change that number on your dial Now this is the time For you and I to come and go together Yeah, all through the night I'll save you from the terrors on your screen I'll make you see That this is Thriller, Thriller Night I know that you'll thrill me more than any girl could ever dare try Thriller, Thriller Night So let me hold you tight and share a killer thriller, killer thriller It's love Cause this is Thriller, Thriller Night Cause I can thrill you more than any girl could ever dare try Thriller, Thriller Night So let me hold you tight and share a killer thriller I'm gonna be here tonight Darkness falls across the land The midnight hour is close at hand Creatures crawl in search of blood To terrorize your neighborhood And whosoever shall be found Without a soul for getting down Must stand and face the hounds of hell And rot inside a corpse's shell Gonna be here tonight I'm gonna thrill you tonight Gonna be here tonight Gonna be here tonight The foulest stench is in the air The funk of forty thousand years And grisly ghouls from every tomb Are closing in to seal your doom And though you fight to stay alive Your body starts to shiver For no mere mortal can resist The evil of the thriller