Yellow Hallway Tape

Lyrics

Intro
Static
Clip it.
Roll it.
Don't blink.

Verse 1
I woke in the mustard hall
with my phone at one percent
same stained carpet, same wet hum
like the room had something to repent
Flicker in the ceiling tile
and the buzz cut through my teeth
Every wall kept breathing slow
like a throat beneath the sheet

Maze got no front door, bro
just turn after turn after turn
I heard my own name in the pipe
then the pipe started to burn
Eighteen billion empty steps
and they all lead back to here
Taped-up camera on my chest
caught my panic crystal clear

I'm scrapping through the static rain
for a line, for a map, for air
Saw a red smear on the wall
then it vanished when I stared
Don't trust the fucking corners
don't trust silence, don't trust still
Something moved behind the glow
and it wasn't made to kill

Pre-Chorus
If I fade, keep the tape
if I scream, don't look back
Yellow walls, black veins
and the floor starts to crack
Hear that drip?
That's a door
Hear that hum?
That's a trap

Chorus
Backrooms, backrooms
lost in the backrooms
Run like hell
or the walls will track you
Backrooms, backrooms
praying in the backrooms
If I get out
I'll still be hacked through

Verse 2
Level zero, paper lungs
and the air taste like old glue
Every turn looks plagiarized
every frame got deja vu
Found a flare in a vending slot
still warm like somebody fled
And a note that said "don't sleep"
in a hand that shook to death

Then the lights cut hard
and the dark got teeth
Something pacing in the drain
kept pace with me
I ran past doors that never were
past office chairs in rows
Past a suit with no face left
standing where the water grows

I saw a game piece on the tile
like a joke from the dead
Saw a child-sized shoe print
but nobody there ahead
Then the static in my ear
turned to laughter, low and mean
Like the building knew my fear
and was feeding on the screen

Almond water in a cracked blue cup
tasted sweet with a metal bite
I don't know if it saved me, nah
but it kept me up all night
Got a radio, half-dead, spitting
somebody else in the maze
Said "stay near the hum, don't trust the lights"
then vanished in the haze

Pre-Chorus
If I fade, keep the tape
if I scream, don't look back
Yellow walls, black veins
and the floor starts to crack
Hear that drip?
That's a door
Hear that hum?
That's a trap

Chorus
Backrooms, backrooms
lost in the backrooms
Run like hell
or the walls will track you
Backrooms, backrooms
praying in the backrooms
If I get out
I'll still be hacked through

Bridge
Static Drop
I found a room with my own face
on a screen that shouldn't glow
Still frame, bloodless grin
saying "boy, you already know"
Then the feed jumped
and the whole damn place
went white noise, teeth, and rot
Something big moved through the wall
like the building had a pulse I caught

Verse 3
Now I'm deeper than the map
where the carpet turns to seams
Every hallway got a rumor
every rumor got my screams
There's a shape that loves the lost
and it stalks by sound alone
So I bite back every breath
like a dog trapped in a bone

If you hear me on the tape
that's the part I made survive
I'm the dude with bloodshot eyes
and a broken cam alive
I kicked through Level One in wreckage
hit a server room of dust
Read the tags: "don't trust the shelter"
"don't sleep here" "don't go nuts"

I seen doors to the poolrooms
seen a bunker under mold
Seen the whole thing fold and fold
like the world had lost control
So if you come in after me
bring a knife and bring a prayer
'Cause the backrooms don't eat bodies
they eat the part that cares

Final Chorus
Backrooms, backrooms
lost in the backrooms
Run like hell
or the walls will track you