[Verse] There’s a shape in the silence, a pulse in the paint A word on my tongue that I swear I never gave I sleep with the TV on, blue against the door But the voice comes through the static like it’s been here before It knows which floorboard makes me turn Which little lie I tell to sleep It says the things I never learned Then keeps the promises I keep I put my hands against the plaster Feel a heartbeat answer mine I pull away, it pulls me faster Like it’s learning how to climb [Pre-Chorus] I hear it breathe when I hold my breath I hear it smile when the room goes dead And every word that it leaves unsaid Takes root beneath my skin instead [Chorus] The voice behind the wall There’s somebody calling from under my skin From the wrong side of where I begin The voice behind the wall I shut every door, but it follows me through And the more that I hide, the more it changes the tonal hue If I don’t look back, if I don’t let it in Will it stay in the wall, or get under my skin? I keep telling myself there is nobody there But it knows that I’m lying It knows that I’m scared Each word comes crashing through Everything whispered at night comes true by dawn It tells me what tomorrow brings By morning, it has foretold it all The Voice Behind the Wall [Verse] It told me not to trust the mirror Said my reflection lagged behind I laughed until I saw it staring With a look that wasn’t mine Now I avoid the darkened windows Keep my eyes upon the floor But every face I catch in passing Seems to know me more and more There’s a voice note saved without a sender No date, no number, no reply Just a voice, breaking under pressure: “Whatever you do, don’t let me die.” [Pre-Chorus] I play it back; the sound cuts thin A little gasp, then breath again And underneath the voice, I hear A second one that shouldn’t be here [Chorus] The voice behind the wall There’s somebody's answering from under my skin From the wrong side of where I begin The voice behind the wall I shut every door, but it follows me through And the more that I hide, the more it sounds like you It tells me what I’ll do tonight Then speaks the words before I might I bite my tongue, refuse to speak While something in the walls begins to creep Footsteps on my floor... echoing whispers: "Let me out, don't lock the door" You built the walls, you fed the flame It returns each night again and again The voice behind the wall [Verse] I tear the room apart to find it Bare brick, cold wire, dust and stone No secret room, no hidden passage Nothing here but me alone Then something knocks behind the bricks As to made me proved wrong Three soft taps, a pause, then one more Like it’s waiting for a song I lean in close; the dark leans closer A breath slips past my ear My own voice says, “You took so long.” And suddenly, I know why I’m here [Bridge] What if I was never listening? What if I was keeping time? What if every whispered warning Was the other side of mine? What if I’m the thing behind it? What if it’s been trying to flee? What if every wall I’ve broken Was another part of me? [Breakdown] I don’t knock It knocks for me I don’t speak It speaks through me I don’t move It takes one step I close my eyes It hasn’t left [Final Chorus] The voice behind the wall There’s somebody calling from under my skin And I don’t know which side I’m living in I shut every door, but the walls let it through Now the voice in my throat says it’s always been you If I don’t look back, if I don’t let it in Why’s there blood on the plaster beneath my own skin? I keep telling myself there is nobody there Then I hear myself whisper, “I know that you’re scared.” Let me out Let me in There was never a wall between Let me out Let me in Which one of us is listening? [Outro] The room is quiet The walls are clean I hear no voice I hear nothing Then my lips move Before I choose And from my mouth A voice says, “Can you hear me too?”
