[Intro]
Flicker in the hallway light
Breath fog on the bedroom glass
Footsteps in an empty stairwell
Your name carved in the dark
[Verse 1]
You bolt the door
Still feel my hand on the handle
You kill the light
Still see my face in the static
You change your name
But it crawls back under your skin
You hide your sins
I’m the tongue that tastes the panic
[Pre-Chorus]
You hear that creak in the ceiling
That’s the weight of what you hide
Every shadow knows your secrets
Every mirror shows my smile
[Chorus]
No escape
Your screams collide
I’m the fear behind your eyes
Every breath
I’m right inside
I’m the fear behind your eyes
Run in place
Your hope has died
I’m the fear behind your eyes
I’m the fear
I’m the fear behind your eyes
[Verse 2]
You scrub the stain
But the red keeps bleeding through paint
You say my name
Mouth dry like a chapel grave
You count to ten
But the numbers crawl out of line
You beg for help
But your voice sounds just like mine [growled]
[Pre-Chorus]
You feel that nail on your shoulder
Cold hand dragging down your spine
Every comfort rots and withers
I’ve been waiting the whole time
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Under your bed
In the crack in the door
In the click of the lock
In the boards of the floor
In the hum of your teeth when you grind at night
I rise
I rise
I rise
[growled vocals]
I am the thought you cannot drown
The weight that keeps you nailed down
Melodic
High]
You shut your eyes to shut me out
But I bloom in the blackout
[Chorus]