[Intro] [Fade In] (pulsing, spoken) The compass needle locks. Southeast. [Verse 1] (building) Fishhook through the breastbone, reeling slow Needle in the chest and it will not let go Dug my bleeding fingers in the cracked concrete My own body walking on somebody else's feet [Pre-Chorus] I don't move for nobody, said it twice out loud Then my legs betrayed me in the dying crowd [Chorus] (powerful) Southeast, southeast The hook is in the bone Southeast, southeast Dragged toward a stranger's home Fifty-second street beneath the ground Two dead hearts learning one drum Southeast [Verse 2] (driving) Crawled down the stairwell into limestone cold Turnstile tears the jacket, flag of a soul I sold Then the tension vanished, hook went slack and still She rose up from the dark and the whole platform stilled [Chorus] (powerful) Southeast, southeast The hook is in the bone Southeast, southeast Dragged toward a stranger's home Fifty-second street beneath the ground Two dead hearts learning one drum Southeast [Bridge] (cold, tightening) Ninety-five meters and the nose begins to bleed Eyes weep thin red water, the kidneys start to seize Every step apart is a step into the grave She turned around and crawled back through the cave The Symbiont was killing us for one broken rule Stay together, stay together, that's the whole cruel school [Outro] (spoken, resolving) The cage door closing. Made of light and blood and nerves. [End]
