{"id":11470,"date":"2022-10-23T09:15:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T13:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/millheiser.com\/hokeyblog\/?p=11470"},"modified":"2022-10-27T16:11:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T20:11:18","slug":"buttkickin-halloween-songs-hall-of-heads-they-might-be-giants-1992","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/millheiser.com\/hokeyblog\/2022\/10\/23\/buttkickin-halloween-songs-hall-of-heads-they-might-be-giants-1992\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Hall of Heads” — They Might Be Giants (1992)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Here in the Hall of Heads
\nYou look through the keyhole
\nThis is the Hall of Heads
\nOne step through the doorway
\nRoll out that special head
\nThis is our favorite one
\nPlease don’t try to leave
\nDon’t leave the Hall of Heads…<\/em><\/p>\n

Well gosh.<\/p>\n

I mean, it’s a creepy Hall of Heads<\/strong>, from the celebrated indie duo They Might Be Giants, in which the Johns regale us of the titular vestibule. Inside of said vestibule can be found — wait for it — a bunch of heads.<\/p>\n

Severed heads.<\/p>\n

And they sing to you.<\/p>\n

Oh, but you’re ever so curious<\/em> about the Hall of Heads<\/strong>. You find yourself peeping through the keyhole, pushing your way in, even playing with the heads. But the heads don’t want you to leave.<\/p>\n

I mean, you try to leave. In fact you do<\/em> leave. Sadly, in every attempt to evade their call, you fail. Hiding doesn’t help. Running away doesn’t help. In horror you watch as your own legs betray you as you return to that very same doorway.<\/p>\n

Inevitably you always, always<\/em> come back to the Hall of Heads<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Creep on, everyone!<\/p>\n

Hide underneath the porch<\/em>
Hide down behind the furnace<\/em>
You can’t get away<\/em>
You can’t really hide<\/em>
Once you hear the call<\/em>
The song of the hall of heads<\/em><\/div>\n
You can’t run away<\/em>
Your feet won’t help you run<\/em>
You can’t run away<\/em>
Out of the hall of heads<\/em><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n