[Intro] [Lo-fi tape hiss] [Haunting Mellotron flute melody, warbly and unstable] [Sparse acoustic guitar pluck] [Verse 1] [Whispered, fragile vocals, close to mic] Staring at the plaster, cracked and gray Static on the wire, wash the dust away Ghostly little futures whispered in the dark Dead bees on the table, fires lost their spark Happiness was spilled from heavy coffee mugs Now the rain is leaking through the rotten rugs [Chorus] [Sudden explosion of loud volume] [Distorted megaphone vocals] [Mellotron strings swell gloomily and heavy] But it all cut off, static on the radio station! Buried in the dirt of a broken nation! Every time I pass this house, it pulls me down below! Sad like a funeral for a ghost I used to know! [Glitched guitar note] A ghost I used to know! [Verse 2] [Music drops back down to quiet acoustic guitar] [Whispered, fragile vocals] The notebook is rotting on a mental shelf Ink turning green, poison to myself Story bit its tongue, hanging mid-phrase Pages spinning wild in a chemical haze Built a fragile castle out of rusted tin Laughed inside the boxes, let the winter in [Chorus] [Sudden explosion of loud volume] [Distorted megaphone vocals] [Mellotron strings swell gloomily and heavy] But it all cut off, static on the radio station! Buried in the dirt of a broken nation! Every time I pass this house, it pulls me down below! Sad like a funeral for a ghost I used to know! A ghost I used to know! [Bridge] [Tempo slows, quiet and eerie] [Eerie Mellotron choir patch enters, faint and distant] [Vocal style: detached, monotone whisper] Streetlight hums a tired, broken tune Crying at the shadow of a plastic moon Gate is creaking loud, screaming out my name Everything is frozen in a crooked frame A song that drops out before the final chord... [Instrumental Break] [Explosion of distorted, screeching lo-fi guitar] [Mellotron flutes fighting through crashing, heavy drums] [Outro] [Music drops out completely] [Acoustic guitar and faint, warbly Mellotron flute only] [Whispered, fading out] This house stands silent. It screams my name. [Tape stop effect] [End]
