It's close to midnight, and something evil's lurking in the dark   Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart   You try to scream, but terror takes the sound before you make it   You start 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 about to strike   You know it's thriller, thriller night   You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight      You hear 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 forty eyes, girl   Thriller, thriller night   You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight      Night creatures calling, the dead start to walk in their masquerade   There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time   (They're open wide)   This is the end of your life      They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side   They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial   Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah   All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen   I'll make you see      That this is thriller, thriller night   'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try   Thriller, thriller night   So let me hold you tight and share a   Killer, diller, chiller, thriller here tonight      'Cause this is thriller, thriller night   Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try   Thriller, thriller night   So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, ow!   I'm gonna thrill ya tonight      Darkness falls across the land   The midnight hour is close at hand   Creatures crawl in search of blood   To terrorize y'alls neighborhood      I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, ooh baby   I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, oh darlin'   Thriller night, baby, ooh!      The foulest stench is in the air   The funk of forty thousand years   And grizzly 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