[Verse 1]
Forgotten past got a room in me
Locked in the dark where it used to breathe
I reach for the name, it slips through smoke
A cracked old frame and a half-said joke
Every time I dig, the floorboards shake
Every time I pull, the whole place aches
I see a flash, then it cuts to black
Like somebody’s hand on the back of my neck
[Pre-Chorus]
I been chasing that ghost in my skin
Till the whole damn house starts caving in
One step close and the truth gets loud
Hear it coming like a storm cloud now
[Chorus]
Boom boom boom in my walls
Boom boom boom when I fall
Past so deep, it calls my name
Hit that nerve, then it fades again
Boom boom boom in my head
What I knew gets left unsaid
If I touch it, I might break
But I can’t stop, I can’t shake
[Verse 2]
Old street corners in a broken frame
Mud on my shoes, but I can’t place the lane
A woman’s laugh in a half-closed door
Then a cold white blur and nothing more
I know that smell, I know that rain
I know that loss like a throat full of pain
But the harder I try to make it clear
The louder it pounds in my ear
[Pre-Chorus]
I been chasing that ghost in my skin
Till the whole damn house starts caving in
One step close and the truth gets loud
Hear it coming like a storm cloud now
[Chorus]
Boom boom boom in my walls
Boom boom boom when I fall
Past so deep, it calls my name
Hit that nerve, then it fades again
Boom boom boom in my head
What I knew gets left unsaid
If I touch it, I might break
But I can’t stop, I can’t shake
[Bridge]
Maybe I buried it on purpose
Maybe that’s the price I paid
If the truth comes back too clean
Will it tear my life away?
I’m standing still in the middle of it
Hands on the door, but I can’t go in
Still I hear that thunder talk
Like my own heart knocking from within
[Final Chorus]
Boom boom boom in my walls
Boom boom boom when I fall
Past so deep, it calls my name
Hit that nerve, then it fades again
Boom boom boom in my head
What I knew gets left unsaid
If I touch it, I might break
But I can’t stop, I can’t shake