I would play it every day of the year, not just seasonally. Halloween is deliciously dark and twisted. It has a perverse sense of humor and I think it's clear that it's humor, no matter how macabre. Stephen Lynch is a comedian-musician-actor. The version of the song I would play is his live version, where it's him and his guitar in front of an audience. It's from his 2005 album, The Craig Machine (don’t be put off by the cover art – it's humor not Satanism). The song hearkens back to the 1970s when stories of children receiving spiked candy or vanishing circulated widely. It is sung from the point of view of the miscreant who hurts kids. Gamers have a willingness to explore and embrace dark subject matter – witness horror games like All Flesh Must Be Eaten, Arkham Horror, Betrayal at House on the Hill, and Little Fears. The humor in Halloween should align nicely with gamers' ability to enjoy horror.
Halloween on Google Play
Halloween lyrics
This one's weird, 'cause I can only play it once a year
On Halloween
Scary
Thinking of all the cool creatures
That I will meet on this night
Ghosts and goblins and witches
Roaming the streets in moonlight
Bowls of candy and goodies
Delicious and waiting in store
The sound of cute little footsteps
As they approach my front door
Letting the children inside to drink beers
Razor blades hidden in 3 Musketeers
Screams from the basement of kids begging to be set free
That's what Halloween means to me
Tightening the clamps that are holding
Their little heads so tight
Putting my lips to their ears
As I whisper, "Please, don't fight"
I promise I'll let you go home
If you swear not to tell a soul
Well I'll just untie these—I'm kidding
Now where is my chainsaw? Let's rock and roll
A pinch of your brother, a teaspoon of you
With the head of your sister, would make a good stew
I'd give you a taste, but your tongue's in the stew. Irony
That's what Halloween means to me
Trick-or-treat, smell my feet
Give me something good to eat
Trick-or-treat, smell my feet
Give me someone good to eat
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