Salty (The House Has Cancer)

Style Tag:
Dark Cinematic Pop, Minimalist, Creepy Bass, Whisper Vocals, Unsettling, Suspenseful, Billie Eilish Vibe, Psychological Thriller
​Lyrics:
​(Intro)
[Sound of grains of salt being poured on a wooden floor. Shhh... shhh...]
(Spoken, confused whisper)
She said the house was oily.
She said it had cancer.
So she covered it in salt.
​(Verse 1)
This salt that surrounds me... is it a prison?
Trapping me in place, binding my home.
A single grain upon my lips... a distaste to my mind.
An alarm to be turned off.
Time is passing.
Can you hear the ticking?
(Tick tock... tick tock...)
​(Chorus)
The salt that surrounds me is a sign.
It is not something to brush off.
It feels like a CURSE placed on me!
Will I wake up to find it gone?
Or will it swallow me whole?
Like the sickness in these walls...
It’s gonna swallow me whole.
​(Verse 2)
[Beat enters. Slow, thumping heartbeat rhythm.]
Is it a dream?
Or is it her nightmare?
I wake up the next day to find MORE.
Enveloping all of my dreams and aspirations.
Bringing me doubts.
She thinks she's cleaning the evil.
But I just feel the fear.
​(Bridge)
[Music gets chaotic, dissonant sounds]
She says it's oily.
She says it's sick.
She says the salt will do the trick.
But I wish it did not feel evil.
I wish it did not feel evil!
​(Final Chorus)
The salt that surrounds me is a sign!
It feels like a CURSE placed on me!
Will it swallow me whole?
Trapping me in place.
Binding my home.
​(Outro)
[Music fades to silence]
(Spoken)
Trapping me in place.
Salty.
(Song ends)

Dark Cinematic Pop, Minimalist, Creepy Bass, Whisper Vocals, Unsettling, Suspenseful, BillieEilish Vibe