Hide And Seek

Lyrics

(Verse 1)
I checked the locks...
Twice tonight...
Pulled every curtain...
Killed every light...
Funny...
How silence...
Gets so loud...
When you're the only...
One around...
I hear footsteps...
Down the hall...
Hold my breath...
Nothing at all...
Every house...
Has little sounds...
But tonight...
They all...
Know my name...
(Pre-Chorus)
Every time...
I think...
I've lost it...
It finds...
Me first...
Chorus
WHO'S THERE...
When nobody answers...
WHO MOVED...
When nothing changed...
Every shadow...
Looks familiar...
Every heartbeat...
Sounds the same...
Round and round...
The walls get smaller...
Every exit...
Turns away...
I keep searching...
For tomorrow...
While yesterday...
Still knows my name...
(Verse 2)
Every mirror...
Needs a second...
Before I know...
Who's looking back...
Every smile...
Feels rehearsed...
Like I forgot...
How to react...
Tell myself...
"It's getting better..."
Then I hear...
That little voice...
Soft enough...
To sound like mine...
Loud enough...
To drown the noise...
(Pre-Chorus)
Maybe...
The monster...
Never lived...
Under the bed...
Chorus
WHO'S LEFT...
When the lights fade out...
WHO KNOWS...
What this is about...
Every answer...
Changes shape...
Every truth...
Comes too late...
Running circles...
Burning daylight...
Counting cracks...
Across the floor...
Funny...
Every road...
I've ever taken...
Leads me...
Right back...
To this door...
(Bridge)
You keep saying...
"Just keep moving..."
Keep pretending...
Nothing's wrong...
Wear another face...
Another smile...
Maybe this one...
Lasts a little longer...
Maybe...
Nobody notices...
Maybe...
Nobody sees...
Maybe...
You're the only one...
Still lying...
To me...
(Breakdown - bass and drums only)
LOOK...
CLOSER...
LOOK...
CLOSER...
DON'T...
LOOK...
AWAY...
I KNOW...
YOU...
HEAR IT...
I KNOW...
YOU...
FEEL IT...
IT'S...
RIGHT...
HERE...
(Band crashes in.)
NO MORE...
RUNNING...
NO MORE...
MASKS...
NO MORE...
EMPTY...
ROOMS...
NO MORE...
LOOKING...
BACK...
(Bridge 2 - almost whispered)
Spent my whole life...
Waiting...
For something...
To find me...
Never stopped...
To wonder...
If I'd been...
Running...
From myself...
The whole time...
Final Chorus
No more shadows...
No more disguises...
No more pretending...
Everything's fine...
No more silence...
No more hiding...
No more leaving...
Pieces behind...
If the truth...
Keeps chasing...
Maybe...
It isn't chasing...
Maybe...
It's waiting...
For me...
To finally...
Turn around...
(Outro - instruments slowly fall away until only bass remains)
So...
That's what this was...
All along...
Not a monster...
Not a stranger...
Not the dark...
Just me...
Playing...
...
Hide and Seek.