[VERSE 1] You never kicked the door in You learned the shape of the lock Put your voice inside my thinking Then waited for mine to stop Little corrections Tiny revisions Cut me apart With perfect precision Now every thought has an echo Every instinct needs permission I thought I knew myself BEFORE THE INFECTION [PRE-CHORUS] Something underneath Something wearing me I can’t tell where you end AND I BEGIN [CHORUS] YOU ARE THE INFECTION Under my skin Changing the language I’m thinking in YOU ARE THE INFECTION Quiet and slow You didn’t take control YOU TAUGHT ME TO LET IT GO Now your voice Sounds just like mine And that’s the part THAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT [VERSE 2] You made obedience feel voluntary That was the cleverest trick Never needed chains around me When guilt could tighten the grip Moved every boundary One inch at a time Until your fingerprints Looked exactly like mine I kept calling it love While becoming your condition Now I finally know THE NAME OF THE INFECTION [PRE-CHORUS] Something underneath Something wearing me Cut it out Dig it deep GET IT OUT OF ME [CHORUS] YOU ARE THE INFECTION Under my skin Changing the language I’m thinking in YOU ARE THE INFECTION Quiet and slow You didn’t take control YOU TAUGHT ME TO LET IT GO Now your voice Sounds just like mine And that’s the part THAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT [BREAKDOWN] Cut. You. Out. [DEAD STOP] Still hear you. Cut deeper. STILL HEAR YOU. Take the skin Take the scar Take whatever You think you are GET. OUT. OF. MY. HEAD. [FINAL CHORUS] YOU WERE THE INFECTION Under my skin Changing the language I was thinking in YOU WERE THE INFECTION But now I know— If your voice sounds like mine I’LL LEARN A NEW ONE. [OUTRO] You got inside me. You just forgot— I could heal.
