Intro – silence, then faint breathing, mic crackle) …you feel that? …something’s wrong… (low, distorted whisper) it’s in the walls Verse 1 (quiet, shaky, almost talking) stuck in a house that don’t feel right shadows move when I kill the light hear it drag across the beams sounds like me when I try to scream hands on the floor, feel it shake heartbeat’s not mine, it’s awake every night it learns my name every night it plays the same Pre-Chorus (whisper → strained) you said “it’s all in your head” …then why’s it under my bed? Chorus (explosive, raw, messy) IT’S IN THE CRAWLSPACE DOWN IN THE DIRT EATING THE THINGS I TRIED TO BURY FIRST IT’S IN THE CRAWLSPACE CALLING ME IN SCRATCHING MY BONES FROM UNDER MY SKIN Verse 2 (groovy, rhythmic, unstable) tap tap tapping in 4/4 time like it’s syncing up with mine teeth grind down, bite my tongue taste the lies I’ve been running from peel it back, floorboard cracks something breathing in the black I don’t think it wants me dead— I think it wants inside instead Pre-Chorus (creepy calm) you said “don’t give it a voice” …like I had a choice… Chorus (heavier, layered vocals) IT’S IN THE CRAWLSPACE DOWN WHERE I HIDE CHEWING THE PARTS I KEEP LOCKED INSIDE IT’S IN THE CRAWLSPACE I LET IT GROW NOW WHEN IT MOVES I DON’T EVEN KNOW Bridge (classic Korn-style breakdown / vocal freakout) (whispering overlapping) get out get out get out get out (sudden scream) WHY WON’T YOU GET OUT OF ME (half-sung, warped) I can feel it breathing underneath my spine if I let it out now— would it still be mine? (pause… glitchy silence) Breakdown (slow, crushing, percussive) boom… drag… boom… drag… I hear it I hear it I HEAR IT (distorted voice layered) open it (normal voice, panicked) no no no no (distorted voice) OPEN IT Final Chorus (chaotic, breaking apart) IT’S IN THE CRAWLSPACE I LET IT OUT NOW IT’S THE VOICE WHEN I TRY TO SHOUT IT’S IN THE CRAWLSPACE WEARING MY FACE IF I DISAPPEAR— IT’LL TAKE MY PLACE Outro (whisper, childlike, unsettling) …we’re not alone down here… …we never were… (floorboard creak sound)
