[Verse 1]
Clock on the wall
Breathing too loud
Mug on the table
Hand-me-down doubts
Curtains half open
Grey in my chest
All of these futures
Stacked on my desk
[Chorus]
Pressure
Like a thumb on my heart
Pushing every soft part in deeper
Pressure
Every thought
Every scar
Pulling me apart from the center
Say it’ll pass
But it lingers
Under skin
Under weather
Pressure
Holding on by a thread I can’t measure
[Verse 2]
Phone on the counter
Face to the floor
Name in a message
I don’t answer anymore
Foot on the pedal
Nowhere to drive
All of this waiting
Dulls me alive
[Chorus]
Pressure
Like a thumb on my heart
Pushing every soft part in deeper
Pressure
Every thought
Every scar
Pulling me apart from the center
Say it’ll pass
But it lingers
Under skin
Under weather
Pressure
Holding on by a thread I can’t measure
[Bridge]
[Choir rises
Low and distant]
I’m tired of treading in place (oh)
Mouth full of brave I can’t taste
If I crack open today
Will the pieces stay
[Chorus]
Pressure
Like a thumb on my heart
Pushing every soft part in deeper
Pressure
Every thought
Every scar
Pulling me apart from the center
Tell me it breaks
Tell me it clears
As the choir drowns my fears
Pressure
Sing me out of the dark ‘til I tremor