Crowd Shaped Hole

[Intro - amp hum, loose drumstick clicks, one ugly guitar scrape] They said come closer So I disappeared [Verse 1 - quiet, muttered, bass crawling] I wore the room like a second skin It itched until I called it mine Everybody had a borrowed grin Everybody stood in line They passed around a paper crown Stapled slogans to my tongue I nodded like a loaded gun Too scared to fire, too bored to run [Pre-Chorus - drums building, voice tightening] And the more they sang The less it meant A choir full of fingerprints On every thought inside my head [Chorus - distorted guitars slam in, shouted hook] The crowd is untruth A mouth with a million teeth Chews up your name Then calls it belief The crowd is untruth Yeah, I heard it breathe It sounded like me When I forgot how to leave [Post-Chorus - feedback burst] I forgot how to leave [Verse 2 - soft again, sarcastic and numb] There’s a saint on every sidewalk Selling guilt in broken jars There’s a hero in the bathroom Trying on somebody’s scars We all clap for the coffin If the coffin has a beat We all kneel for the mirror When the mirror joins the street [Pre-Chorus - sharper, more frantic] And the louder it gets The smaller I am A face in the flood A fist in a hand [Chorus - bigger, more ragged] The crowd is untruth A mouth with a million teeth Chews up your name Then calls it belief The crowd is untruth Yeah, I heard it breathe It sounded like me When I forgot how to leave [Bridge - half-time, filthy guitar riff, spoken then screamed] They love you in pieces They hate you whole They’ll rent you a halo Then invoice your soul They’ll hand you a reason With a leash attached Call it freedom Call it fact [Breakdown - drums drop out, whisper close to mic] I was never the thunder I was boots on the floor I was never the hunger I was just wanting more I was never the signal I was noise in the wire I was never the witness I was chanting with the liars [Beat drops - full band detonates] Chanting with the liars [Final Chorus - screamed, evolved lyrics] The crowd is untruth A church with no god A grave full of voices All cheering me on The crowd is untruth But I’m still underneath Digging my name From the mud in its teeth The crowd is untruth Yeah, I heard it breathe It sounded like me So I learned how to leave [Outro - collapsing, repeated over feedback] I learned how to leave I learned how to leave I learned how to leave [Final line - almost spoken] They said come closer So I disappeared