(Verse 1) Water rings on a cardboard box Rattling teeth and rusty locks Puddle on the kitchen tile Haven’t cracked an honest smile Static buzzing through the floorboards deep Too wired to think, too tired to sleep Dented fender on a beat-up van Slipping through the fingers of an empty hand (Pre-Chorus) [Clean bass, ticking hi-hat] Turn it up, drown it out Tell me what you’re mad about Sell the copper, keep the wire Watch it spark and catch on fire (Chorus) Basement mold, poison sweet Drag your heels along the street Chew the bitter, spit the chalk Ain’t got nothing when you talk Yeah, scrape it clean Worst thing that you’ve ever seen Yeah, yeah (Verse 2) Stained mattress leaning on the wall Waiting for a hammer or the roof to fall Patch on the elbow, tear in the seam Waking up screaming from an empty dream Black coffee sitting in a paper cup Tell me to quit, tell me give it up Broken-string acoustic on the bottom stair Nobody listening, nobody there (Pre-Chorus) [Clean bass, ticking hi-hat] Turn it up, drown it out Tell me what you’re mad about Sell the copper, keep the wire Watch it spark and catch on fire (Chorus) Basement mold, poison sweet Drag your heels along the street Chew the bitter, spit the chalk Ain’t got nothing when you talk Yeah, scrape it clean Worst thing that you’ve ever seen Yeah, yeah (Bridge) [Sudden dynamic drop—clean guitar, soft low vocals] Push it down… Shut it off… Choke it on an ugly cough… Down, down, in the dirt Does it even have to hurt? DOES IT EVEN HAVE TO HURT? NO! (Chorus) Basement mold, poison sweet Drag your heels along the street Chew the bitter, spit the chalk Ain’t got nothing when you talk Yeah, scrape it clean Worst thing that you’ve ever seen Yeah, yeah (Outro) Basement mold… Leave it cold… Tired of being told… Yeah. Forget it.
