Girl Next Door

She lives two doors down

with a green front step

Hair up in a clip

and a tape on her neck

She walks like she knows

every room she enters

I hear that kick drum

when she shuts the fader

She said, "Don't look now"

but I looked too fast

Her voice in the glass

cut straight through the mask

And I came in bruised

With a grin like steel

She said, "Hold that line

Make it sound more real"

So I bit down hard

Took the fall, took the flame

Now the red light's on

and she calls my name

Girl next door, make it loud

Girl next door, tear me down

I came here broken, I came here proud

Girl next door, shake this house

(Shake this house)

Girl next door, take me now

She turns the dark into a crowd

Girl next door, make it loud

(Make it loud)

Her notebook's full

of sharp little storms

Says "sing it like pain"

Then she leans on the board

I got scar tissue

and a mouth full of sparks

She got that calm

that can cut through the dark

When she counts me in

I feel built for war

Every breath I save

comes back wanting more

And the walls sweat close

When she hits that cue

I don't need a stage

I just need her truth

And I came in bruised

With a grin like steel

She said, "Hold that line

Make it sound more real"

So I bit down hard

Took the fall, took the flame

Now the red light's on

and she calls my name

Girl next door, make it loud

Girl next door, tear me down

I came here broken, I came here proud

Girl next door, shake this house

(Shake this house)

Girl next door, take me now

She turns the dark into a crowd

Girl next door, make it loud

(Make it loud)

When the day runs out

and the room goes thin

She's the first soft truth

that can get under skin

I used to run from the thing I felt

Now I stand my ground

With her hand on the glass

I don't back down

Say it again

Don't let it fade

Girl next door

Cut the grey

Say it again

Make me believe

Girl next door

Bring the heat

Girl next door, make it loud

Girl next door, tear me down

I came here broken, I came here proud

Girl next door, shake this house

(Shake this house)

Girl next door, take me now

She turns the dark into a crowd

Girl next door, make it loud

(Make it loud)

Girl next door, make it loud

Girl next door, I won't back down