[Intro] The room keeps still Dust gathers on the chair [Verse 1] A cup gone cold beside the bed A book lies open, unread Dust falls softly, grain by grain Nothing moves, and nothing changes I watch the shadow cross the floor Then lose the will to watch once more Doing nothing has a root It drinks the hours; it drinks you too [Pre-Chorus] My arms grow cold beneath the sheet My willing heart forgets to beat Gray air settles in my lungs The cradle stirs; the dark has come [Chorus] From the quiet womb, the monsters crawl When the hands do nothing, the shadows take it all Still water holds what hunger needs Silence plants the oldest seeds From the quiet womb, they rise and crawl When the hands do nothing, the shadows take it all [Verse 2] First comes the want that has no name Then envy learns to feed its flame Wrath wakes up beneath the floor Greed counts coins behind a door Every craving, every theft Grows in the stillness we have left Sloth is not the body's rest It shuts the soul inside its chest [Pre-Chorus] My arms grow cold beneath the sheet My willing heart forgets to beat Gray air settles in my lungs The cradle stirs; the dark has come [Chorus] From the quiet womb, the monsters crawl When the hands do nothing, the shadows take it all Still water holds what hunger needs Silence plants the oldest seeds From the quiet womb, they rise and crawl When the hands do nothing, the shadows take it all [Bridge] [Instruments drop out; low hum] I cannot rise. I cannot reach the door. The storm is gathering. I am still before it. [Final Chorus] From the quiet womb, the monsters crawl When the hands do nothing, the shadows take it all Still water holds what hunger needs Silence plants the oldest seeds From the quiet womb, they rise and crawl When the hands do nothing, the shadows take it all [Outro] One note remains Then nothing
