Basement Level Echo

Lyrics

Verse 1
Yellow wall, damp grin
Same damn hall, no end
My phone dead, no bars
Just flicker from the jar

Floor damp like a wound
Air tastes old, too soon
I hear feet in the foam
But I’m the only soul

Blind corner, fake door
I’ve seen this shit before
A stained rug, beige stain
Like the place knows my name

No windows, no sun
Just hum, then none
I tag walls, count three
Then the numbers rot on me

Pre-Chorus
Keep your voice down low
Something heard me, bro
Paper trail in my hand
M.K. said don’t stand

Turn left, don’t breathe
If you see the knees
If you see that grin
Run hard, don’t think it in

Chorus
Backrooms, backrooms, baby
Don’t let it take me
Backrooms, backrooms, baby
That yellow won’t break me
Backrooms, backrooms, baby
I’m lost, but I’m awake
Backrooms, backrooms, baby
Pray the floor don’t shake

Verse 2
Found a cam on the tile
Red light blinking wild
Old tape, bad grain
Some dude screaming my name

“Level zero,” scrawled out
On a rag, torn out
And the walls keep shifting
Like the whole world’s drifting

I seen wires in the wall
Then they vanished, all
A hum in the vent
Like a warning sent

Entity in the turn
Long arms, black burn
Not a face, just a smear
But I felt that near

I sprint, knees raw
Hit the same damn flaw
Three turns, same drain
Fuck this maze, this game

Pre-Chorus
Keep your voice down low
Something heard me, bro
Paper trail in my hand
M.K. said don’t stand

Turn left, don’t breathe
If you see the knees
If you see that grin
Run hard, don’t think it in

Chorus
Backrooms, backrooms, baby
Don’t let it take me
Backrooms, backrooms, baby
That yellow won’t break me
Backrooms, backrooms, baby
I’m lost, but I’m awake
Backrooms, backrooms, baby
Pray the floor don’t shake

Verse 3
Level one got cold
Metal pipes, mold
Splash marks, no source
Like something dragged its horse

I found a note, ink bleed
“Stay near the feed”
Somebody’s map, half-torn
Edges all worn

Then the lights went red
Like the room got fed
And a childlike laugh
Came from the other half

I clipped through a hall
Hit a stairwell crawl
Down and down, damn
Like the maze got hands

I said “fuck this place”
To a blank-ass face
It said back in my head
“You came here. You stayed.”

Bridge
Found footage break
The cam shakes hard
White noise, hard cut
A shadow on the wall
Then the signal shuts

I’m hearing static prayers
In the busted stairs
M.K., if you see this
Tell them I was there

Final Chorus
Backrooms, backrooms, baby
Don’t let it take me
Backrooms, backrooms, baby
That yellow won’t break me
Backrooms, backrooms, baby
I’m lost, but I’m awake
Backrooms, backrooms, baby
Pray the floor don’t shake

Backrooms, backrooms, baby
I’m still running crazy
Backrooms, backrooms, baby
The maze don’t save me
Backrooms, backrooms, baby
If I fade, let it be
Backrooms, backrooms, baby
With the tape on me