[Intro] (music box alone, slightly out of tune) (cello drone fades in) (soft wet ticking) [Verse 1] I counted every breath you took today before you took it I know the shape of every door before you knock it You think the hallway's empty when you turn the light off I'm the dark that stays when the light goes soft [Break] (music box drops out) (cello + ticking only) (pitch drop on soft) [Verse 2] You looked behind you twice last night I was the third time You washed your hands I was the water, the wrist, the quiet I've been where you're going since before you decided I don't follow anyone I just arrive [Chorus] I'm one step behind one breath away I'm the thing you feel when you can't say why I've been patient longer than your bloodline I'm not here to hurt you I'm here to be kind [Break] (drums enter. dry. close.) (four slow knocks, silence, four more) (music box melody now reordered) (cello swells) [Verse 3] You remember me from somewhere don't you the way a dream remembers you in the morning the way a scar remembers what the skin forgot I've been waiting in the room you haven't walked into yet [Bridge] When you close your eyes I'll be the last thing When you open them I'll be the first thing You don't have to run I'm not that kind of dark I'm the kind that holds you while you fall apart [Chorus] I'm one step behind one breath away I'm the thing you feel when you can't say why I've been patient longer than your bloodline I'm not here to hurt you I'm here to be kind [Outro] (broken music box, one note at a time, slowing) (ticking continues after everything stops) (whispered, almost inaudible) I'm still here (single sustained unresolved tone) (fade on ticking)
