[INTRO — whisper / bass pulse] Don’t knock. It already knows you’re here. [RIFF DROPS] COME IN. [VERSE 1] I heard my name from an empty room Soft little voice with a mouth like a wound Floorboards bend where nobody walks Something upstairs learned how I talk I keep my teeth by the side of the bed Keep one eye open, one hand on my head There’s a shape in the hall when the whole house sleeps And every damn night it gets closer to me [DEAD STOP] Closer. [PRE-CHORUS — increasingly frantic] Don’t look up Don’t look back Don’t let it know you noticed that— SCRATCH. Inside the wall Behind the door I swear there wasn’t a shadow there before— [CHORUS — HUGE / BOUNCING] I AM THE HOLLOW! Nothing underneath Just a hole with a heartbeat And a hunger underneath I AM THE HOLLOW! Come and take a look inside Everybody left me— BUT SOMETHING STAYED BEHIND. [POST-CHORUS — filthy groove] Empty. NOT ALONE. Empty. NOT ALONE. [VERSE 2] Found little fingerprints under my skin Counting all the places they could crawl back in Mirror keeps moving a second too late Smile on my face that I didn’t make There’s breathing underneath the floor One for me Then one breath more I held mine— [COMPLETE SILENCE] It didn’t. [RIFF SLAMS BACK] So tell me— WHO THE FUCK IS BREATHING? [PRE-CHORUS] Don’t look up Don’t look back Don’t let it know you noticed that— SCRATCH. Inside the wall Behind my eyes Every time I close them something opens mine [CHORUS] I AM THE HOLLOW! Nothing underneath Just a hole with a heartbeat And a hunger underneath I AM THE HOLLOW! Come and take a look inside Everybody left me— BUT SOMETHING STAYED BEHIND. [BREAKDOWN — enormous half-time bounce] Knock. Knock. WHO’S THERE? Nobody. [DEAD STOP] GOOD. Then why— IS SOMETHING COMING DOWN THE STAIRS? [8-STRING DROP] ONE STEP. THUD. TWO STEPS. THUD. THREE STEPS. THUD. DON’T. LET. IT. IN. [BRIDGE — eerie / nearly whispered] There used to be somebody here… I remember his hands I remember his voice I remember his face I just… don’t remember being him. [whisper] Do you? [FINAL CHORUS — explosive] I AM THE HOLLOW! Nothing underneath Just a hole with a heartbeat And a hunger underneath I AM THE HOLLOW! Open me and climb inside Everybody left me— BUT SOMETHING STAYED BEHIND! I AM THE HOLLOW! No heaven underneath No monster in the closet— THE MONSTER’S WEARING ME. [FINAL BREAKDOWN] EMPTY. CHUG NOT ALONE. CHUG — CHUG EMPTY. CHUG NOT ALONE. [DEAD SILENCE] [very close whisper] You can come out now.
