[Intro]
Something moved behind the wall
No one heard the footsteps fall
Count the locks, check every room
Still that breathing fills the gloom
[Verse 1]
I keep a chair beneath the handle
Knife on the table, flame on the candle
Dust on the picture, face turned away
A new mark appears every day
You hear that knock? Don’t answer back
Three slow taps, then the ceiling cracks
I know your fear by the way you freeze
It wears my voice when it speaks through the vents
No sleep, no peace, no clean escape
Every door leads to the same mistake
I drew a line where the floorboards bend
Something crossed it, then called me friend
[Pre-Chorus]
Hold your breath, kill the light
Something’s learning how you hide
[Chorus]
Monsters in the walls, monsters in my head
Monsters wearing faces of the words you never said
Run until your lungs give out, crawl beneath the bed
When the room goes quiet, they are standing overhead
[Verse 2]
Black rain streaks down the window glass
A silhouette waits for the cars to pass
Phone keeps ringing from an empty stair
I pick it up and hear my own prayer
Bad blood ticking underneath my skin
Every little doubt lets another one in
They feed on the secrets I bury deep
They take the night shift when I fall asleep
I tried to burn every note and name
But the smoke spelled mine in the frame
Now the whole house knows what I’ve become
A loaded mouth and a beating drum
[Pre-Chorus]
Hold your breath, kill the light
Something’s learning how you hide
[Chorus]
Monsters in the walls, monsters in my head
Monsters wearing faces of the words you never said
Run until your lungs give out, crawl beneath the bed
When the room goes quiet, they are standing overhead
[Bridge]
If I break the mirror, will they disappear?
If I tear out my tongue, will the room stop listening?
There’s a second heartbeat underneath my own
And it knows the way back home
[Breakdown]
Open the door
Let them in
Open the door
Let them in
I’ve been fighting every night
Now I’m done pretending I’m alright
[Final Chorus]
Monsters in the walls, monsters in my head
Monsters wearing faces of the words you never said
Run until your lungs give out, crawl beneath the bed
When the room goes quiet, I am standing overhead
[Outro]
Something moved behind the wall
This time I heard it call