Cut the Room in Two

[Intro: spoken, breathy] You keep the door half open. You keep your hand on the chain. I can hear you counting all the ways I might change. [Verse 1: muttered, tense] The sink runs brown, the bulb burns thin, Your jaw locks tight when I walk in. You set the clock to lose an hour, Then call it proof that I have power. [Pre-Chorus: rhythmic speech, building] Say it straight. Say my name. Pull the pin. Take the blame. [Chorus: explosive, strained shout] Cut the room in two! Keep your side, I’ll keep mine! Every word you throw comes back with a sharper edge this time! Cut the room in two! I won’t fold, I won’t lie! You can hold the door wide open— I’m not asking to come inside! [Verse 2: clipped rhythmic vocal] You tap the glass with your thumbnail, Like a little judge behind a rail. I count the cracks along the frame, You smile like nothing here has changed. [Pre-Chorus: strained melodic phrases] Say it straight. Say my name. Pull the pin. Take the blame. [Chorus: full band, piercing accents] Cut the room in two! Keep your side, I’ll keep mine! Every word you throw comes back with a sharper edge this time! Cut the room in two! I won’t fold, I won’t lie! You can hold the door wide open— I’m not asking to come inside! [Breakdown: sparse bass and guitar noise, exposed muttering] Don’t touch the latch. Don’t turn the key. You made a little cage and called it keeping me. [Build: breath to strained yell] I heard you. I heard you. I heard you— [Final Chorus: heaviest, volatile scream and shout] CUT THE ROOM IN TWO! KEEP YOUR SIDE, I’LL KEEP MINE! EVERY WORD YOU THROW COMES BACK WITH A SHARPER EDGE THIS TIME! CUT THE ROOM IN TWO! I WON’T FOLD, I WON’T LIE! YOU CAN HOLD THE DOOR WIDE OPEN— I’M NOT ASKING TO COME INSIDE! [Outro: repeated riff, abrupt stop] Not asking! Not asking! Not asking—