Say you don't know

(Verse 1)

Clock hits 4, I’m wired to the teeth

Brain’s a haunted house throwing bricks at the street

Every creak in the floorboard’s a threat in disguise

I’m the ghost and the hunter with blood in my eyes

You’re two feet away but you’re already gone

I’m writing your goodbye in a paranoid song

I text, delete, text, delete, hit send at the wrong time

Now I’m pacing the kitchen like I committed a crime

(Pre-Chorus)

Heart in my throat, taste the metal, taste the dread

I’d rather you hate me than float in my head

(Chorus)

Silent, let the thoughts come creep

Watch them peel the paint while I’m trying to sleep

In the dark everything’s sharp, everything’s deep

I overthink till I scream

Till my lungs give out, till the neighbors hear the scene

You open one eye, mumble “babe, what’s it mean?”

I laugh like a maniac, spit through the teeth:

Say you don’t know what I mean

Go on, baby—say you don’t know what I mean

(Verse 2)

I built you a throne, then I burned it to spite

I’m terrified of the dark but I blew out the light

I’m jealous of air for touching your skin

I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry again

I split like a fault line, swallow the quake

Love me or kill me, just do it, for fuck’s sake

I’m glue and I’m gasoline, saint and grenade

I dare you to stay, then beg you to fade

(Chorus)

Silent, let the thoughts come creep

They crawl through the keyhole, they never miss a beat

I’m shaking the bedframe, ripping the sheets

Overthink till I scream

Till my voice is raw meat

You sit up slow, voice soft, almost sweet

Ask me what’s wrong like it’s safe to speak

I’m laughing, I’m crying, I’m barely alive

Say you don’t know what I mean

Say it, say it, say it—say you don’t know what I mean

(Bridge – spoken, unhinged)

I’m the storm in your calm

I’m the cut on your palm

I’m the voice saying run

While I’m begging you don’t

I’m the push and the pull

I’m the lie and the truth

I’m the knife in the room

And I’m handing it to you

(Final Chorus – full scream into whisper)

Silent… the thoughts won’t stop

They breed in the corners, they gnaw, they rot

I’m choking on maybe, I’m drowning in not

I overthink till I scream

Till there’s nothing fucking left

You pull me down hard, pin me to your chest

Say “shut up, I know, breathe”

For once I don’t fight it

For once you don’t say you don’t know what I mean

You just hold me till the screaming goes quiet

And the thoughts…

They still creep

But they creep a little slower

When you refuse to leave.