Who's In The Walls

Lyrics

Intro
The apartment clock forgot my name
One red blink, then it blinks again
A coat on the chair keeps changing shape
I leave the room, it takes my place

There’s a fingerprint inside the glass
Too small to be mine, too fresh to be past
I hold my breath by the bedroom door
Something on the other side counts four

Verse 1
I woke with a copper taste
And a note folded under the plate
It said, “Don’t look behind you twice”
So I read it once in the kitchen light

The hallway hum has a human pitch
The floorboard bends when I move an inch
My phone shows a face in the camera feed
But the room behind me is empty

I hear a key turn slow in the lock
Though I changed that lock at quarter past
The neighbor’s TV says my full name
Then cuts to weather and starts again

Pre-Chorus
Every door leads back to the bed
Every thought leaves a bruise in my head
If I’m alone, why do I hear
Somebody breathing when I disappear?

Chorus
Who’s in the walls when the house goes still?
Who knows the shape of the things I feel?
I shut my eyes, but the room looks back
A second heartbeat under the track

Don’t say my name, don’t say my name
The ceiling learns and repeats the phrase
I run downstairs, but the stairs go long
And something hums where my pulse belongs

Breakdown
One step
Two steps
No floor
No depth

Turn around
Not yet
Breathe in
Regret

Verse 2
There’s a man in the glass at the end of the train
Wearing my jacket, wearing my face
He mouths my words a second late
Then smiles like he knows what I’m gonna say

I get off three stops from home
The platform’s closed, but the lights are on
A child’s red glove sits on the rail
I touch it once and hear my voicemail

“Come upstairs.”
My voice, but thin.
“Come upstairs.”
The doors lock in.

The elevator opens on a floor I don’t have
A hallway painted the color of ash
Pictures hang with the eyes scratched out
Except for one with my mouth drawn around

Pre-Chorus
Every clock has the same dead hand
Every mirror hides a second plan
If I’m awake, why does it seem
The whole world’s moving inside my dream?

Chorus
Who’s in the walls when the house goes still?
Who knows the shape of the things I feel?
I shut my eyes, but the room looks back
A second heartbeat under the track

Don’t say my name, don’t say my name
The ceiling learns and repeats the phrase
I run downstairs, but the stairs go long
And something hums where my pulse belongs

Verse 3
I found a room beneath the sink
With a narrow door and a missing hinge
Inside, every version of me
Wrote down the day that I’d finally see

One wore a smile, one had no eyes
One kept scratching at the same three lines
The last one looked almost calm
And signed the page with my mother’s palm

I called the police; they called me back
The officer asked where I kept the axe
I never told him about the drawer
I never told him there was one more

Behind my shoulder, soft and near:
“You’ve been expecting me all year.”
The voice was mine, but older, low
It knew the place I was about to go

Pre-Chorus
Now every breath comes through a vent
Every wall repeats what I meant
If I’m the lock, if I’m the key
Who keeps opening me?

Chorus
Who’s in the walls when the house goes still?
Who knows the shape of the things I feel?
I shut my eyes, but the room looks back
A second heartbeat under the track

Don’t say my name, don’t say my name
The ceiling learns and repeats the phrase
I run downstairs, but the stairs go long
And something hums where my pulse belongs

Bridge
Maybe the house is only skin
Maybe the dark is breathing in
Maybe the voice beneath the floor
Has been waiting for me to ask for more

Tell me which one is real tonight
The face in the glass or the face in the light
If I tear the walls apart to see
Will I find a room, or find me?

Breakdown
No signal
No street
No shadow
No sleep

My hands move
Not mine
The door opens
From inside

Final Chorus
Who’s in the walls when the house goes still?
Who knows the shape of the things I feel?
I shut my eyes, but the room looks back
A second heartbeat under the track

Don’t say my name, don’t say my name
The ceiling learns and repeats the phrase
I run downstairs, but the stairs go long
And something hums where my pulse belongs

Who’s in the walls? I know now, I know
The thing I feared was the thing I showed
I turn the key, hear the deadbolt sing
And find my face on everything

Outro
The apartment clock forgets the time
One red blink, then it blinks like mine
I leave the room; the hallway bends
A voice behind me says, “Begin again.”

Don’t say my name...
Don’t say my name...

Instrumental

Whispered Outro
I was never alone
I was never alone
I was never alone