Lyric

I leave my coat on the chair

Like I might come back

The lamp hums low in the corner

And the floorboards crack

You hear me breathing in pieces

When I swear I’m fine

But the wallpaper’s holding

The shape of my spine

This room knows the slow break

Before I do

It counts every pause

I try to move through

The glass in the frame

Keeps a cold, steady stare

Like it saw the answer

Already in there

The walls know first

The walls know first

Before my mouth can say it

They hear it hurt

The walls know first

The walls know first

They hold the fall

Then let it burn

There’s a hairline shadow

Crawling past the door

A thin little wound

On the side of the floor

I laugh at the noise

But the silence won’t bend

It leans in closer

Like a worried friend

This room knows the slow break

Before I do

It counts every pause

I try to move through

The glass in the frame

Keeps a cold, steady stare

Like it saw the answer

Already in there

The walls know first

The walls know first

Before my mouth can say it

They hear it hurt

The walls know first

The walls know first

They hold the fall

Then let it burn

I touch the crack

And it opens my hand

I wanted a house

But it’s sinking in sand

Still you’re in the plaster

Still you’re in the stain

And every room I’ve fled from

Says your name the same

The walls know first

The walls know first

Before my mouth can say it

They hear it hurt

The walls know first

The walls know first

They hold the fall

Then let it burn

Knock, knock, knock

Then nothing more

Just the sound of me

At the center of the floor