[verse] There is something underneath the house I hear it when the pipes go cold I hear it when the floorboards breathe Something beneath the foundation Calling through the dirt I dug until my hands were bleeding I dug until the walls began to shake The deeper I went The quieter it became [verse] There are teeth beneath the soil There are bones beneath the stone There is a mouth beneath the earth And it knows my name It knows what I buried It knows what I took It knows every secret I thought I had forgotten [refrain] Mouth of the earth Open for me Mouth of the earth Tell me what you see Mouth of the earth I know you're there Mouth of the earth Breathing in the dark [verse] I found no body I found no door Only a blackness Deeper than the hole Then something whispered Not from below From inside me [refrain] Mouth of the earth Open for me Mouth of the earth You already know me Mouth of the earth You have always known Mouth of the earth Take me home [break] I stopped digging It didn't stop I stopped digging It came closer I stopped digging It came closer I stopped digging And the house began to sink [final] There is something underneath the house There is something underneath me There is something underneath everything And it has been waiting For me To listen
