# ERIFELAB [Verse 1] You rang the bell I crossed the floor You spoke my name I closed the door You drew the blade across my palm The red ran warm The room went calm You smiled at what the blade had done I opened up a second sun It found your hand It found the red Then climbed back up the burning thread [Pre-Chorus] You said my name— (I said yours.) You turned the key— (I heard the lock.) White in my hand Red on the floor I pull the thread— and ask for more [Chorus] BALEFIRE BURN BACK Take the wound and the hand that made it BALEFIRE BURN BACK Take the word and the mouth that gave it Pull the white through the black I don’t want ashes I want it back [Verse 2] No red to wash No cut to bind I flex the hand It works just fine The knife lies clean The door stands wide I know I turned that lock inside You never cut me I watched it close There is no wound I know I know [Pre-Chorus] You said my name— [No response] You turned the key— [No response] White in my hand No red on the floor I pull the thread— [Phrase ends early] [Chorus] BALEFIRE BURN BACK Take the— [Rest] and the hand that made it BALEFIRE BURN BACK Take the— [Rest] and the mouth— [Rest] Pull the white through the black I don’t want ashes Further back [Opening Reprise] The bell was still The door stood wide No voice had called me from inside The knife lay clean My palm lay bare There was no second— [Bridge] You said my name [Silence] I heard you You rang the bell I heard— Don’t call it silence I KNOW WHAT I HEARD [She reaches for the original harmony] [Nothing answers] You were here You— [Cut] [Last Chorus] BALEFIRE BURN— Take the— and the— I want it— BACK I— BEFORE— BALEFIRE— BURN— I KNOW— [Harmony absent] I KNOW WHAT— You rang the—
