[Intro - distant room resonance] Something moved. ... No. The house moved. [Verse 1] Every room is twice too large Every footstep comes back three times Nothing hanging on the walls Nothing soft to swallow sound There's a corridor outside I have absolutely no need to see So I've pulled the blanket higher And the blanket Stays with me [Pre-Chorus] Something whispered Down the hall Something scratched Inside the wall I am calm I am completely calm ... That was not the house. [Chorus] Nothing can get through the blanket Everybody knows the rule Ghosts may walk through doors and ceilings Ghosts are frightening Not fools I am safely underneath it Every single inch concealed Except my nose My nose is necessary For breathing [Verse 2] There's a staircase in the darkness I can hear somebody climb One step Two steps Three steps ... Why are they taking so much time? Now the footsteps reach the landing Now they're coming down the hall I pull the blanket even tighter This is fine This is fine This is fine Not fine at all [Instrumental - hollow echoes, irregular pulse] [Verse 3] Something stops outside the bedroom No. No, thank you. Please continue. There are seventeen other rooms here Surely one of those will do The door handle moves a little I retract my periscope No more nose I'll breathe tomorrow That's a perfectly reasonable hope [Chorus] Nothing can get through the blanket This is basic ghost control Sheets and quilts are widely known to Stop the supernatural I am safely underneath it Like a fortress made of wool If I cannot see the ghost The ghost Cannot See me ... That's the rule. [Bridge - almost whispered, genuinely frightened] Something touched the mattress. ... Something touched the mattress. ... Maybe gravity. Beds have gravity. Probably. [Low impact] ... Fuck gravity. [Instrumental - tension rises, then sudden near-silence] [Final Chorus - vocal barely holding together] Nothing can get through the blanket Nothing gets beneath this bed Nothing standing in the doorway Nothing floating overhead Nothing breathing by the pillow Nothing waiting by my feet I am safe I am safe I am safe ... Why did the blanket move? [Cut] [Outro - very quiet] ... Nose out. One breath. ... Nose back in.
