[Intro] [Instrumental] [Verse 1] A little after two Two taps inside the wall I thought it was the pipes And barely noticed them at all I reached across the bed And knocked twice with my hand Two came back immediately The third one took its time [Pre-Chorus] I held my hand against the wall And waited for a fourth The whole house sounded ordinary Somehow that made it worse [Chorus] The third knock came late Just a breath behind the rest Now it waits until I leave And it starts again Through the pipes, beneath the floor In the room I just left I go looking for the sound And it starts again [Instrumental Break] [Develop the main melodic motif] [Verse 2] The next night in the kitchen It was tapping through the drain I turned the water off But I heard it just the same Then it shifted to the floorboards Then the fridge began to tick I walked over to listen And the hallway answered it [Pre-Chorus] I started keeping track Of which room made which sound But every time I entered There was nothing to be found [Chorus] The third knock came late Just a breath behind the rest Now it waits until I leave And it starts again Through the pipes, beneath the floor In the room I just left I go looking for the sound And it starts again [Instrumental Break] [Heavier bass and increasingly irregular percussion] [Bridge] [Arrangement becomes sparse, vocal close and dry] I stood inside the kitchen Till the house went still again One step into the hallway And the kitchen started then I stepped back through the doorway And the hallway took its turn It wasn't following me It was waiting where I wasn't [Final Chorus] [Full arrangement returns] The third knock came late Just a breath behind the rest Now it waits until I leave And it starts again Through the pipes, beneath the floor In the room I just left I go looking for the sound And it starts again It never knocks where I am It waits until I leave I can stand here all night But it's somewhere I can't see [Outro] [Strip back to bass pulse and isolated percussion] I left the bedroom empty And stood out in the hall Three soft taps behind the door I didn't knock at all. [End]
