It's close to midnight
Something evil lurkin' 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 a creature creepin' up behind
You're outta time
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance
Against the thing with the forty eyes, girl

Thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life
Inside a killer, thriller tonight

Night creatures call
And the dead start to walk
In their masquerade, masquerade

There's no escaping
The jaws of the alien this time
This is the end of your life, end of your life

They're out to get you
There's demons closing in on every side
Ooh, 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
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, 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

Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'all's neighborhood

And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rots inside a corpse's shell
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