[Verse 1] He counts the bruises by the door Like coins that roll across the floor Third kid home, still smiling thin Cracked glass prayer under his skin They say he bends, they say he copes But every joke is rope on ropes A little weight, a little more Till footsteps start to feel like war [Pre-Chorus] He keeps it tucked behind the teeth A slow storm under sheet One more blow, one more bruise Then the world can split in two [Chorus] How much pain? how much? Till the mirror doesn’t match? How much pain? how much? Till the room just snaps in half? He was here, then gone Same face, but wrong How much pain? how much? Till the whole sky turns to ash? [Verse 2] She watches him from across the hall A moving ghost with a paper wall He speaks in cuts, in clipped-up time Like every word got left behind The clock ticks odd, the floorboards bend The lamp leans left, then starts again He swears the sink is full of snow And no one sees the overflow [Pre-Chorus] She hears the crack before it sings A tiny fracture, quiet thing Then the pressure learns his name And the house remembers pain [Chorus] How much pain? how much? Till the mirror doesn’t match? How much pain? how much? Till the room just snaps in half? He was here, then gone Same face, but wrong How much pain? how much? Till the whole sky turns to ash? [Bridge] Now he walks in borrowed weather Sees his shadow come apart Third person, watching from the corner As the damage crowns his heart [Final Chorus] How much pain? how much? Till the mirror doesn’t match? How much pain? how much? Till the room just snaps in half? He was here, then gone Same face, but wrong How much pain? how much? Till the whole sky turns to ash?
