Exit Sign Gone

Lyrics

Intro
(uh)
Floor goes black
Room goes long
I came in wrong
(come on)
No map, no sun
Just static skin
And something near
In the hum

Verse 1
I woke up in the musty yellow hall
Peeling walls, wet stain, crooked crawl
Buzzing hum like a hive in pain
Every doorway bends the same damn frame
Lost my breath in a mile-long maze
Flicker flash, then the whole place changed
A carpet stretch in a dead-loop grin
Like the same bad dream I was draggin' in
I heard a laugh through the pipe-line rust
Then silence hit like a fist in dust
Muffled steps in the ceiling above
Somebody knew where I was at, fucked up

Pre-Chorus
Don't touch that wall
Don't trust that sound
Turn one corner
And the floor runs out
I said, "Who there?"
No answer back
Just a hungry shape
In the screen-glitch black

Chorus
Lost in the backrooms
No way out
Lost in the backrooms
Hear me shout
Lost in the backrooms
Shadows crawl
Lost in the backrooms
I might fall
(Backrooms)
(Backrooms)
(uh, uh)

Verse 2
Past the humid pool with the mold-green shine
Saw a pale thing standing where the tiles divide
No face, just a lean and a patient stare
Like it learned my name from the stagnant air
Then another one slid from the doorframe slim
Long arms, bent knees, all hunger and grin
I ran through a room with the buzzing lights
Found a party set dead in the neon-white
Rave room, bass like a heart gone sick
Strobe-cut faces on a cracked old disc
Somebody danced with their back to me
Then it twitched too fast, then it looked too deep
I said, "Nah, bitch, I ain't your meal"
But the walls kept moving, the cold got real
And the whisper trail in the dark kept low
Said, "Keep going, boy, there's nowhere to go"

Pre-Chorus
Don't shut your eyes
Don't slow your feet
There's a grin in the dark
And it's chasing me
I hit that bend
Saw my own damn trace
Then the lights went out
In the same damn place

Chorus
Lost in the backrooms
No way out
Lost in the backrooms
Hear me shout
Lost in the backrooms
Shadows crawl
Lost in the backrooms
I might fall
(Backrooms)
(Backrooms)
(uh, uh)

Bridge
Half-time
Now I'm knee-deep in a yellow haze
Hearing wet footfalls through the endless maze
A childlike hum from a vent so thin
Then a shape in the corner starts breathing in
I swear the room got smaller fast
Like the whole damn place was built to trap
If I make it out, I'm a ghost in the night
But I keep on running with the red light bite
(keep running)
(keep running)

[Final