[Verse 1]
She said the abyss of echoes is deeper
Past the last room where the brave ones sleep
Voices get fewer, their edges get sharper
One word can cut through a mile of deep
[Pre-Chorus]
They hold their beliefs like oxygen tanks
Strapped to their backs in a borrowed dive
Every idea comes back twice as large
No one asks if the thing is alive
[Chorus]
Down where the voices become louder
Down where the questions disappear
Everybody guards a little answer
Everybody breathes a little fear
[Verse 2]
A man at the doorway swore he had seen it
A woman beside him repeated the claim
Soon every mouth wore the same small sentence
Till nobody knew who had started the flame
[Pre-Chorus]
They polish the locks on the doors of belief
Call every doubt an attack from below
But the water keeps rising around their knees
And the oldest tank starts to groan
[Chorus]
Down where the voices become louder
Down where the questions disappear
Everybody guards a little answer
Everybody breathes a little fear
[Bridge]
Leave one hand free for the rope
Leave one ear open to the stone
If your truth needs a crowd to survive
It may not be yours alone
[Breakdown]
Fewer voices
Louder now
Hold your answer
Ask me how
[Final Chorus]
Down where the voices become louder
Down where the questions disappear
I will carry doubt like a lantern
I will breathe the unborrowed air
[Outro]
She said the abyss of echoes is deeper
I said, then listen before you dive