[Intro — sparse, slow, measured breathing; distant clean guitar harmonics] In through the teeth, out through the hands Count every crack in the ceiling again The room is still, but my pulse disagrees I tell my lungs: stay with me, please [Verse 1 — restrained vocal, dry close-mic delivery] A cup left cold on the windowsill The clock makes a wound with every tick I taste the metal under my tongue Something has started, something has begun [Pre-Chorus — bass enters; drums tighten; breath becomes audible] The walls lean in by an inch My fingers lock, my shoulders flinch I know this road, I know this sign But knowing doesn't make it mine [Chorus — full band surge; desperate vocal] I feel it's going to get worse I feel it turning under my skin Worse, worse, worse, worse, worse I can't find the place where the air gets in [Verse 2 — jagged guitar accents; clipped phrasing] The hallway bends, the doorway swims My name falls out in broken bits Don't ask me why, don't tell me calm There is a siren inside my palms [Build — accelerating drums; vocal fragments and gasps] Not yet, not yet, not yet, not yet My chest is a locked room Not yet, not yet, not yet, not yet The ceiling drops too soon [Climax — crushing distorted guitars; vocalist nearly choking, repeated line intensifies] It gets worse, worse, worse, worse, worse It gets worse, worse, worse, worse, worse I feel it's going to get worse I feel it's going to get worse I feel it's going to get worse [Break — instruments cut; isolated gasping breath, spoken-sung] Wait— Wait— I need to breathe. Just give me one breath. [Recovery — sparse piano and trembling guitar; exhausted vocal] In through the teeth, out through the hands The floor is here, the floor still stands One little breath, then one more breath I am not safe, but I am not gone yet [Final Chorus — band returns, huge but unstable; unresolved ending] I feel it's going to get worse But worse is not the end of me Worse, worse, worse, worse, worse Leave the door cracked open—let me breathe [Outro — instruments fragment; fading uneven breaths] One more breath One more breath One more—
