[Intro] [glitching TV hum Distant dial tone] They said “Do not look at the screen” But the static spelled my name Line by line [Verse 1] Basement light Flickers once Then twice Every shadow Knows the price Polaroids Of faces turned away But in the next frame They all face my way (hey!) Breathing from The vents above my bed Something crawling In the thread Old cassette Hissing out my sins Voice that sounds like mine From under my skin [Chorus] Run When you hear your own voice calling Run When the walls start closing in The film keeps burning through But it plays me Not you If you see me on that screen You run You run from me [Verse 2] Rust-red words Bleeding on the door “Leave this room Or be restored” TV glass Ripples like a lung Every channel Tastes my tongue Door is locked But the hallway moves Every family picture Starts to bruise Clock hands spin Til they spell my name Every ticking second Feeds the frame (oh!) [Chorus] Run When you hear your own voice calling Run When the walls start closing in The film keeps burning through But it plays me Not you If you see me on that screen You run You run from me [Bridge] [all instruments drop to thin Warped tape loop] Don’t blink It climbs in the gaps Don’t think It feeds when you ask Who’s there? You know the reply “You were here The whole time” [Breakdown] Run Run Run Til your teeth taste blood Run Run Run Through the static flood If the picture bends It already knows If the floorboards breathe It’s under your clothes (hey!) [Chorus] Run When you hear your own voice calling Run When the walls start closing in The film keeps burning through But it plays me Not you If you see me on that screen You run You run from me [Outro] [glitch cut Distant scream reversed] They said “Do not look at the screen” So I climbed inside instead Now I’m the thing that says Run…
0/500