[Verse 1 — Low, restrained] There’s a crack above the doorway Getting longer every week You keep asking if I’m worried I just laugh and let it be Glasses tremble on the counter When I’m trying not to speak You can always feel me breaking Before I feel it underneath [Pre-Hook — Building tension] You keep standing where the ground moves Like you’ve got something to prove Baby, loving me is dangerous But you already knew [Hook — Huge, raw vocal] I’m a fault line Running underneath your feet You can build your whole world on me But I can’t promise I won’t shift beneath I’m a fault line One touch away from coming loose And every time you pull me closer You make the whole damn city move You should run before I shake your world apart But you keep putting both hands on my heart Like you don’t mind Living on a fault line [Verse 2 — More swagger, drums building] You hang pictures on the drywall Like you’re planning on a stay While I’m counting every warning And pretending I’m okay You don’t flinch when doors start rattling You don’t leave when pressure climbs You just look me in the eyes and say “I’ve survived worse than your kind” [Pre-Hook — Grittier] Maybe you’re as reckless as I am Maybe that’s the reason why Every time I start collapsing You’re the last thing standing by [Hook — Bigger] I’m a fault line Running underneath your feet You can build your whole world on me But I can’t promise I won’t shift beneath I’m a fault line One touch away from coming loose And every time you pull me closer You make the whole damn city move You should run before I shake your world apart But you keep putting both hands on my heart Like you don’t mind Living on a fault line [Bridge — Music drops, intimate vocal] I’ve spent my whole life saying “Don’t get too close to me” Like distance ever stopped Anything from breaking eventually You put your forehead against mine While the room begins to shake And whisper, “If it all comes down Then let it fall this way” [Build — Vocal rising] The walls start moving The lights swing overhead You’re smiling like you’ve never Been afraid of me yet And something in me finally gives— [High Note] NOT THE WAY I THOUGHT IT WOOOOULD! [Final Hook — Explosive] I’m a fault line But you’re still standing next to me While everything I thought would scare you Cracks wide open underneath I’m a fault line Maybe I always fucking will be But you don’t love me for the silence You love every shaking piece of me So let the plaster fall Let every warning start If the ground gives way beneath us I know exactly where you are Right here beside me Holding onto mine Two hearts beating On the fault line [Outro — Soft, breathy] The room goes still The dust comes down And somehow You’re still around.
