[title:THE WALLS Breathe] [Verse 1] I felt it first beneath my skin The house exhaled and pulled me in No wind outside, no open seam Yet something breathes inside my dream The wood expands, the nails sigh A low, wet breath against my thigh I hold my own so I won't hear The other lung that lives so near [Pre-Chorus] And I am not alone in here Though no one else has ever near [Chorus] The walls breathe, in and out They know my name, they know my doubt They take the air I try to keep They breathe for me when I can't sleep The walls breathe, slow and true They learned to breathe as I do [Verse 2] My fingerprints are in the grain The house has learned to spell my pain It sighs at night when I lie still And drinks the light against my will [Bridge] If I cut a hole, it heals If I scream, it seals Let it breathe, let it own This body, this bone [Final Chorus - Huge, Wide, Suffocating] The walls breathe, bury me deep In a house that doesn't sleep No door, no crack, no spark, no light Just the sound of breathing night The walls breathe...
