Lyrics
[Intro] Count the bolts in the cellar door One for each name we don't say anymore [Verse 1] You keep the hallway clock wound tight It skips a tooth at half past nine Your kitchen glass is lined like teeth The whole house holds its breath with me You say the walls are settling down I hear them drag the ceiling toward the ground [Pre-Chorus] Don't tell me to be still I know the shape of what you buried here [Chorus] I am the crack beneath your careful floor The thing you locked away is at the door You built your kingdom out of borrowed skin Now watch the buried animal get in [Verse 2] A rusted key beneath your tongue A little prayer you never sung You paint the warning signs to match the room Then act surprised when every corner blooms Your hands are clean, your knuckles white You call it peace because you won the fight [Pre-Chorus] Don't tell me to be still I know the shape of what you buried here [Chorus] I am the crack beneath your careful floor The thing you locked away is at the door You built your kingdom out of borrowed skin Now watch the buried animal get in [Breakdown] Bite down Stand straight Keep the hinges in their place Bite down Stand straight I am done carrying your weight [Bridge] Under the plaster, under the paint A thousand small refusals awake You made a cage and called it home Now every bar is coming loose [Final chorus] I am the crack beneath your careful floor The thing you locked away is at the door You built your kingdom out of borrowed skin Now watch the buried animal get in No more silence, no more keeping score I am the sound you cannot shut out anymore [Outro] Count the bolts Count them twice The door is open
