[Intro — immediate, no buildup: saw, impact, full distortion] YOU WANTED TO KNOW YOU WANTED TO KNOW SO GET THE BAR AND THE BLADE AND WE'LL KNOW [Verse 1 — shouted over demolition rhythm] Cut the line where the crack begins Score it clean and drive it in Board comes away in sheets Forty years of dust released Pull it back, let in the light First look inside in half a life [Pre-Chorus — the noise thins] And there it is And there it is Not what we feared Something worse than that: [Chorus — big, cold, dread not rage] THE CRACK WAS NEVER THE DAMAGE THE CRACK WAS THE ONLY TRUTH EVERYTHING BEHIND THE SURFACE HAD QUIETLY GIVEN WAY OPEN THE WALL OPEN THE WALL THE FINISH WAS THE LIE AND THE FRACTURE WAS THE PROOF [Verse 2 — half volume, machine pulse slows, stunned near-spoken vocal] A slow leak following the pipe Water following gravity A splice wrapped up in friction tape Somebody's hurry, somebody's late Wood gone soft where it looked the best Nothing failed — it acquiesced [Pre-Chorus — quieter still] Nobody broke this Nobody meant it Every cut corner Was reasonable That afternoon [Chorus — stripped, half the instruments gone, vocal barely raised] The crack was never the damage The crack was the only truth It carried what it was given Longer than we asked it to Open the wall Open the wall The finish was the lie And the fracture was the proof [Bridge — almost nothing: room tone, one slow click] It held All this time It held Like this It was holding Like this The whole time We were home [Outro — near silence, low spoken voices] Get the light Hold it there Look at it Just look at it ...this is outside the scope [tape stop]
