[Intro: faint room tone, reversed bell, distant detuned drone] [Female, whispered, close and dry] I know this room. I know this bed. I don't remember going to sleep. [Sub-bass emerges, slow LFO pulse] [Verse 1: sparse half-time beat, breathy intimate vocal] [Female] The ceiling bends above my face, A shadow fills the empty space. I try to move; the sheets hold tight, And every seam is stitched with eyes. The bedroom door is open wide. A hallway breathes on the other side. Something shuffles through the dark, Then stops outside and counts my heart. [Pre-Chorus: drums thin out, rising reversed texture] [Female, layered whisper] One for the step, Two for the floor, Three for the hand That closes the door. [Chorus: full sub-bass, distorted synth swell, wide ghostly doubles] [Female, haunting and melodic] Wake me up, wake me up, Something's wearing my face. I can hear it breathing On the other side of the glass. Wake me up, wake me up, Before it learns my name— But the harder that I scream, The further I fall away. [Post-Chorus: chopped vocal fragments, stuttering hi-hats] [Female, pitch-shifted and distant] Fall away... Fall away... [Verse 2: throbbing bass LFO, degraded choir, restrained drums] [Female] I find my feet against the floor. The hallway wasn't there before. Its wallpaper is warm and damp; A hundred doors, a single lamp. Behind each door, somebody sleeps. Behind each door, somebody screams. I find a mirror at the end— My reflection smiles before I can. [Pre-Chorus: beat drops out, pulse accelerates] [Female, urgent whisper] One for the lock, Two for the key, Three for the thing That looks like me. [Chorus: heavier sub-bass, dissonant synth layers] [Female, increasingly desperate] Wake me up, wake me up, Something's wearing my face. I can hear it laughing On the other side of the glass. Wake me up, wake me up, Before it learns my name— It presses both hands to the mirror, And I feel them on my face. [Bridge: bass cuts abruptly; muffled heartbeat, distant alarm] [Female, fragile and breathless] The glass gives way. The hallway folds. I shut my eyes And let it go. [Alarm cuts through; silence] [False awakening: quiet room tone, soft natural vocal] [Female] Morning light across my bed. A pillow underneath my head. I touch my face. I know this skin. I close my eyes and breathe again. [Pause: a faint creak; low LFO pulse returns] [Outro: warped opening melody, sub-bass swells, whispers widen] [Female, barely audible] The bedroom door is open wide. [Female, distant double] A hallway breathes on the other side. [Female, close whisper] I don't remember going to sleep. [Sub-bass pulses once; abrupt cut]
