Midnight in the Hallway

House is breathing

Wallpaper curls at the seams

One light flickers

Shadows crawl where it beams

Bare feet on the hallway tile

Cold like a stranger’s hand

Every family portrait watching

Like they’ve all made a plan

Midnight in the hallway

Something knows my name

Every step I don’t take

Still echoes just the same

If I turn

Will I see you

Or just space where you should be?

Midnight in the hallway

You’re walking inside of me

Door cracked open

But I never touched the knob

Sink still dripping

Counting down like a job

My phone screen lights the ceiling

Face ID won’t unlock

Because the face it’s really scanning

Is standing in the dark

Midnight in the hallway

Something knows my name

Every step I don’t take

Still echoes just the same

If I beg

Will you answer

Or just breathe against my ear? (so near)

Midnight in the hallway

You’re the shape behind my fear

I hold my breath

The house holds it too

Walls lean in

Waiting for a move

I close my eyes

You close in

Too

If I disappear

Will you leave me with you?

Midnight in the hallway

Something knows my name

Every step I don’t take

Still echoes just the same

If I scream

Will they find me

Or just blood along the seam?

Midnight in the hallway

You step into my skin and dream