[Intro: Muted guitar pattern, dry drums, no swell] [Verse] The house leans slightly to the left now Like it’s listening at the door Every step repeats the last one Every crack knows what it’s for You speak softly through the wallpaper Like you’re scared it might respond Every room remembers breathing From a time that’s long gone [Chorus] Still standing, still pretending Nothing’s wrong with how it bends You say the walls are just settling I say they’re reaching for the end [Verse] Your sister moves like she’s already gone Dragging silence through the hall Every sound arrives too late now Every thought is built to stall You stare into the tarn for answers Like it owes you something back But it only shows you fractures In the shape you couldn’t crack [Chorus] Still standing, still pretending This is how it’s always been You say the cracks don’t mean a thing But they’re letting something in [Bridge: Instruments thin, bass more exposed] We could’ve left when it was breathing We could’ve closed the door But you said the house was part of you Now it wants something more [Instrumental tension: Guitar repeats obsessively] [Chorus] Still standing, still pretending You can hold it in your hands When the floor gives way beneath you You’ll finally understand [Outro: Instruments slowly drop out, last guitar repeats] The house goes quiet all at once Like it’s finished with its plan
