Rust In The Walls

Lyrics

Intro
Whisper whisper, don't make a sound
Hold your breath when the floor gets down
Something’s moving under the door
Count the knocks, then count to four

Verse 1
There’s a bruise in the walls tonight
A slow red pulse behind the white
I hear metal learn my name
It bends the hinge, it feeds the frame

The mirror blinks with a dead-eyed grin
A toothy shape comes crawling in
I keep my hands where the light can see
But the room still leans in after me

Pre-Chorus
Hush now
Don’t look back
It’s got your scent
In the crack
Hush now
Lock the door
It wants your voice
And more, and more

Chorus
Whisper whisper, don't make a sound
Whisper whisper, drag it down
Bury the scream, bite the chain
Call my name like a freight train

Whisper whisper, don't make a sound
Whisper whisper, hold the ground
If it wakes, we all go black
If it wakes, it won’t come back

Verse 2
Thumbprint smears on the basement glass
Like someone’s soul got dragged too fast
Rust on the pipes, salt on the floor
A child’s thin laugh from the next room door

My pulse is a hammer in a steel crate
My skin goes cold, my jaw won’t wait
I taste the static, sour and sharp
Like a prayer machine with a broken heart

Pre-Chorus
Hush now
Don’t move slow
It hears fear
Where the veins go
Hush now
Keep it low
It knows the beat
Before we know

Chorus
Whisper whisper, don't make a sound
Whisper whisper, drag it down
Bury the scream, bite the chain
Call my name like a freight train

Whisper whisper, don't make a sound
Whisper whisper, hold the ground
If it wakes, we all go black
If it wakes, it won’t come back

Bridge
Half-time breakdown
I can see it in the seam
I can hear it in the steam
Not a ghost
Not a man
Just a hunger with a hand

Come closer
Come clean
Kneel down
Feed the machine

The walls are breathing
The nails are singing
My mouth is mine
Until it starts ringing

Chorus
Whisper whisper, don't make a sound
Whisper whisper, drag it down
Bury the scream, bite the chain
Call my name like a freight train

Whisper whisper, don't make a sound
Whisper whisper, hold the ground
If it wakes, we all go black
If it wakes, it won’t come back

Outro
Whisper whisper, don't make a sound
The room goes still
The floor goes down
Whisper whisper, don’t make a sound
Too late now
It’s in the ground