hyperventilation (Reimagined by CenturyNew)

vain, i love when it rains, 'cause i'm agoraphobic, my symptoms are gnosis, vain, i love when it rains, 'cause i'm agoraphobic, my symptoms are gnosis, the roof keeps a psalm over me, the street goes merciful and blurred, i read my pulse for prophecy, then hate myself for every word. you say come out, but i keep counting each little tremor in my hand, i want the flood to make me private, i want the Lord to understand. pipe down with the hyperventilation, lay down on the ceilin', all of the great things that we are, hah, 'til i tear myself apart. pipe down with the hyperventilation, let the breath go kneeling, i split at the ribs by inches, i lose the chord i start. pipe down, pipe down. the stress of breathin', fire's gonna burn me, i might as well replace 'em with cocaine and reservations, back booth, bad nerve, paid tab, no salvation, two lungs racing through a small congregation. those secrets that i keep still stop me from sleepin', teeth on a prayer, skin all uneven. vibration's seepin' in, my chest starts reading every little sin that i thought was leaving. i tried the door, tried the floor, tried a chord in the kitchen, tried your name in a hymn, but the note kept splitting. tried clean sheets, tried cold air, tried counting measures, but the want came back with its own little ledger. fire in my throat, smoke in my decision, i don't call it love, i call it repetition. you under my ribs, me under suspicion, Lord, if this is healing, why the harder condition? pipe down with the hyperventilation, lay down on the ceilin', all of the great things that we are, hah, 'til i tear myself apart. pipe down with the hyperventilation, the stress of breathin', skin, be still beneath the meter, blood, quit rushing through the dark. (pipe down) breathe now, pipe down. “flicker, ah-ah-ah-empty,” “but don't you think i haven't even tried?” vain, yeah, i love, love, when it comes as a knot, not that i wanna, wanna cover up the flaws, and sins, but when they make me embarrassed, i woulda swallowed me whole. not clean, just tired of the stain, not lost, just lodged under my tongue, i fold my name behind my teeth, i make a chapel of my lungs. you see my face and call it living, i feel the verdict in my blood. i want your hand, not absolution, i want the truth without the flame. woulda swallowed me whole, swallowed me whole, woulda swallowed me whole, swallowed me whole, woulda swallowed me whole, swallowed me whole, woulda swallowed me whole. pipe down with the hyperventilation, lay down on the ceilin', all of the great things that we are, hah, 'til i tear myself apart. pipe down with the hyperventilation, the stress of breathin', let the room quit turning over, let my spirit keep one part. pipe down with the hyperventilation, lay down on the ceilin', all of the great things that we are, hah, 'til i tear myself apart. pipe down, pipe down, count one breath and lose the next one, amen caught in the lungs. pipe down.