Curtain Room

[Intro] They said the room at the back was dead. No workers. No music. No reason to go there. Then why are you breathing so hard? [Verse 1] Back door cracked and the cold rushed in Steel table shine and a ghost of skin Hooks overhead like a broken choir Floor slick black with a buried fire Then she stepped through the hanging strips White work dress on, cut close to the hips Blonde hair loose and the stare held still Like she already knew what I’d let her kill Not my body, not with the blade Something older, the shape I made Every bad idea I wore with pride Every weak little mask I kept inside Tall boots striking that hard floor slow No wasted motion, just let it grow She moved one shoulder, then turned in half And the whole damn room leaned in her path [Pre-Chorus] Don’t flinch. You came here for the drop. Kick came down like a freight train door Air got thick, couldn’t think no more [Chorus] Curtain room, curtain room She got the whole floor bending to doom White dress marked, blade at her side Bass so hard make a strong man hide Curtain room, curtain room Sweat and smoke and a sweet perfume She don’t love, she consume And I walked right into the curtain room [Post-Chorus] Pull it back Step inside Hold your breath Pick a side [Verse 2] She ran one hand down the plastic seam Made it shiver like a fever dream Other hand low on the butcher knife Like a trade tool born from a harder life She never waved it, never played That made it worse, how calm she stayed She licked the flat of the blade one time Then smiled like sin had learned to climb Beat got cruel and her hips rolled deep Slow enough to infect the beat Back arched sharp, then a turn, then pause Like she danced by some older law And the men who came in loud went mute All that swagger turned destitute Cause she wasn’t chasing, she let them fall She just moved and the room took all [Pre-Chorus] Who are you? I’m what’s left when the fear gets hot. Lights cut low, low end rose Everything in me came uncomposed [Chorus] Curtain room, curtain room She got the whole floor bending to doom White dress marked, blade at her side Bass so hard make a strong man hide Curtain room, curtain room Sweat and smoke and a sweet perfume She don’t love, she consume And I walked right into the curtain room [Bridge] You think this place is filthy because of the work. No. It’s filthy because people come in here lying. To me. To themselves. [Build] Then she came through the strips full frame Like the room itself just spoke her name Knife in one hand, other hand high Command in the wrist and murder in the eye Not murder of flesh, murder of front Murder of ego, precise and blunt She hit one pose and the bass came back Whole house cracked on the downbeat snap [Drop Chorus] Curtain room, curtain room Everybody shake when she gives that cue White dress wild, blonde hair loose Beat so sick got the chain pulled through Curtain room, curtain room Hard floor quake in the back cold gloom She don’t dance, she pronounce your doom And your soul gets weighed in the curtain room [Final Section] Pull it back Step inside Lose your name Pick a side Pull it back Don’t be shy Feel that kick Let it bite [Final Chorus] Curtain room, curtain room I saw the weak parts meet their tomb White dress stained, blade in bloom Boots hit thunder through the whole back room Curtain room, curtain room No one leaves like they entered through She don’t beg, she make space consume And I still hear her in the curtain room [Outro] They asked what happened in there. Tell them the beat found your throat.