# **The Ceiling Keeps Falling** **[Intro — restrained, nearly numb]** I hear the walls breathe when I’m alone, Every way out feels further from home. **[Chorus — melodic, urgent]** The ceiling keeps falling, I’m stuck underneath, I’m running in circles with blood on my feet. I’m calling for someone, but nobody speaks, So I swallow the panic and grind down my teeth. The morning looks distant, the night never ends, I’m scared of my shadow, I’m scared of my friends. I tell ’em I’m fine, then I break when they leave— There’s something inside me that won’t let me breathe. **[Verse 1 — controlled urgency]** I wake with a weight like a stone on my ribs, Open my eyes, wish I never did. The sink’s full of bottles, the mirror looks bent, I can’t recognize where the younger me went. I leave every curtain completely pulled closed, The sunlight feels cruel when your insides are cold. My phone keeps on ringing—I watch it go black, I know if I answer, they’ll ask where I’m at. I promised my mother I’d straighten my life, Then stared at the ceiling through most of the night. The clock keeps on moving; I’m frozen in place, Like time found a body but left me no face. **[Pre-Chorus — rising pressure]** I count every breath like it might be my last, But somehow the future keeps turning to past. I’m trying to move, but the room moves with me— No matter the doorway, I never get free. **[Chorus — fuller delivery]** The ceiling keeps falling, I’m stuck underneath, I’m running in circles with blood on my feet. I’m calling for someone, but nobody speaks, So I swallow the panic and grind down my teeth. The morning looks distant, the night never ends, I’m scared of my shadow, I’m scared of my friends. I tell ’em I’m fine, then I break when they leave— There’s something inside me that won’t let me breathe. **[Verse 2 — more desperate]** I’ve learned how to laugh when the dread gets too loud, Make everyone smile so they don’t figure out. I’m holding a funeral under my tongue, For every last dream that I buried too young. My chest is a hallway with no exit sign, Each door that I open leads back to my mind. I pace through the kitchen at quarter past four, Then step through the same little cracks in the floor. I know that they love me; that makes it feel worse, They reach for my hand while I’m gripping the hearse. I’m scared I’ll go missing while standing right there, Still talking and breathing, but nobody’s there. **[Final Pre-Chorus — strained, melodic]** I count every breath ’cause I’m losing the thread, The world keeps on turning; I’m stuck in my head. I scream through my teeth so they won’t hear a thing— Then wait for the silence to swallow the sting. **[Final Chorus — anthemic]** The ceiling keeps falling, I’m stuck underneath, I’m running in circles with blood on my feet. I’m calling for someone, but nobody speaks, So I swallow the panic and grind down my teeth. The morning looks distant, the night never ends, I’m scared of my shadow, I’m scared of my friends. I tell ’em I’m fine, then I break when they leave— There’s something inside me that won’t let me breathe. **[Outro — stripped back]** The walls keep on breathing, The floor disappears. I’ve lived through the moment— But I’m still trapped here.
