Under... Under... Under the boards... She still sings... When I dance... BELOW. There is a girl Beneath the floor She knocks in rhythm She wants more Her little voice Comes through the wood Asking me softly If I feel good I drag my heels Across her grave A dirty waltz For the one I saved Saved from daylight Saved from shame Saved from the world That forgot her name I hear I smile I bleed A while I dance I feed I keep Her need THE GIRL BENEATH THE FLOOR SINGS FOR ME SCRATCHING THE WOOD SO BEAUTIFULLY THE GIRL BENEATH THE FLOOR CALLS MY NAME I DANCE IN BLOOD ABOVE HER PAIN I EAT THE NIGHT I DRINK THE SOUND I BATHE IN RED WHERE SHE WAS FOUND THE GIRL BENEATH THE FLOOR DO NOT CRY THE HOUSE STILL LOVES YOU WHEN YOU DIE The walls remember What I did They keep my secrets Like a lid The cellar breathes The hallway sweats The bedroom whispers No regrets I left her pretty I left her still A flower pressed Beneath my will Now every midnight The floorboards weep And something hungry Wakes from sleep I hear I smile I kill A while I dance I feed I keep Her need THE GIRL BENEATH THE FLOOR SINGS FOR ME SCRATCHING THE WOOD SO BEAUTIFULLY THE GIRL BENEATH THE FLOOR CALLS MY NAME I DANCE IN BLOOD ABOVE HER PAIN I EAT THE NIGHT I DRINK THE SOUND I BATHE IN RED WHERE SHE WAS FOUND THE GIRL BENEATH THE FLOOR DO NOT CRY THE HOUSE STILL LOVES YOU WHEN YOU DIE They call it haunting I call it song A little knocking All night long They call her victim I call her mine A buried angel Keeping time Every floorboard Learns to speak Every dead thing Learns to seek KNOCK SCRATCH BREATHE MATCH WOOD BONE HOUSE HOME DOWN DEEP RED SLEEP DANCE FEED MAKE HER BLEED I kneel and listen Cheek to the grain Her little fingers Drum my name I whisper sweetly Through the crack “Don’t be lonely I’ll come back” But then the bass Begins to crawl The shadows gather On the wall I rise above her Black and tall And dance until The rafters fall THE GIRL BENEATH THE FLOOR SINGS FOR ME SCRATCHING THE WOOD SO BEAUTIFULLY THE GIRL BENEATH THE FLOOR CALLS MY NAME I DANCE IN BLOOD ABOVE HER PAIN I EAT THE NIGHT I DRINK THE SOUND I BATHE IN RED WHERE SHE WAS FOUND THE GIRL BENEATH THE FLOOR DO NOT CRY THE HOUSE STILL LOVES YOU WHEN YOU DIE THE GIRL BENEATH THE FLOOR THE BEAT, THE BONE THE PRETTIEST GHOST I’VE EVER OWNED THE GIRL BENEATH THE FLOOR CAN’T LEAVE ME NOW BLOODY TALES ARE BURIED DOWN Knock once... If you love me... Knock twice... If you bleed... Good girl...
