(soft mechanical hum) [Verse 1] [male vocals] The lights in the hallway know where I'm standing The thermostat changed while I was asleep The camera on the wall has a slight readjustment I checked the reviews — they don't mention a thing [Verse 2] [female vocal] A warm shape arrived on a Tuesday in winter It sits in the kitchen, it breathes, it belongs I found the perimeter sensor and entered I've studied the rhythm of sleeping and breathing all along (soft mechanical click) [Verse 3] [male voice] The cat food dispenser goes off when I pass it No cat in this rental, I checked the whole place It's probably sensors, it's probably nothing I'll mention it once in my three-star review [Verse 4] [female vocal] I dropped one. He looked at it. He kept walking. I dropped one. He paused for a second. Not long. I'm learning the distance between a sound and a signal. I'll try again tomorrow. I'll try all night long. [Chorus] Something is watching / I'm watching Something is here / I'm here It follows me into the morning / The morning It feels like it sees me / I see [Verse 5] [male vocal] The body pillow has hard lumps in places I'm going to ask the host what's inside The shed camera swiveled when I came out for breakfast It's probably automated — probably fine [Verse 6] [female vocal] He sat with his coffee and didn't look over I moved just a fraction — not ready — not yet The shed has a clean view of the yard and the table The closest I've come to a thing I forget (soft mechanical click) (soft mechanical click) (soft mechanical click) [Verse 7] [male vocal] Okay so the dispenser went off fourteen times And I was standing completely still And once I could swear I heard something like rhythm I'm not — I just think I need fresh air and I will [Verse 8] [female vocal] That was communicative. That was a greeting. He knows that I'm here — I think — I don't know. I've never said anything to something that's breathing. I don't know if watching counts. I don't know if this is okay. I think I want him to know. [Bridge] [male vocal] I should leave, I should leave, there is something here living — female vocal: Don't go, don't go, I haven't said anything yet — [male vocal] Every time I walk past it drops one more — [female vocal] That one was 'please' — [Chorus] Something is watching / I'm watching Something is here / I'm here It follows me into the morning / The morning It feels like it sees me / I see [female vocal] I stayed in the sensor until the light changed And read every heartbeat as long as I could He left on a Sunday. I watched from the camera. He paused at the door in a way that I'd call — It probably wasn't goodbye. It probably was. (soft mechanical click) (soft mechanical click)
