[Verse 1]
You brush my hair with a broken comb
Lay roses in this plywood tomb
Kiss my lips of powdered glass
Call it love as the years crawl past
You hum the song from our wedding day
Over the stench you choose to stay
You say I'm safe
You say I'm warm
Nails in the floorboard hold my form
[Chorus]
Under the bed
You keep my body
Under your skin
You chain my name
I claw at the dark
You call it holy
You call it love
I call it stain
I'm screaming your vows back in your head
Let me go
Let me go
But you hold tighter to the dead
[Verse 2]
You set a place for me every night
Pour two drinks
Toast to "perfect life"
Talk to the silence
Laugh at my chair
Pretend these splinters mean I'm there
You paint my face in your memory's hue
Hide every crack with a "still love you"
I pull the cold from under the floor
Rattle the frame
You bolt the door
[Chorus]
Under the bed
You keep my body
Under your skin
You chain my name
I claw at the dark
You call it holy
You call it love
I call it stain
I'm screaming your vows back in your head
Let me go
Let me go
But you hold tighter to the dead
[Bridge]
You hear the creak
(it's me, it's me)
You feel the breath
From underneath
You beg the dust
"Don't take her yet"
While I beg dusk
To let me forget
[Chorus]
Under the bed
You keep my body
Under your skin
You chain my name
I claw at the dark
You call it holy
You call it love
I call it shame
I'm tearing your mind
Thread after thread
Let me go
Let me go
Or I will haunt you till you're dead