══════════════════════════════ THREE KNOCKS ══════════════════════════════ ▌ Verse 1 ▐ House at the end of a dead-end street Windows wide but they never sleep Got it cheap, they said “just noise” Empty halls don’t hide no ghosts First night flat on a borrowed bed Counting cracks above my head Then it came through brick and stone Three slow knocks from somewhere unknown ⟡ Three knocks ⟡ Then a space ⟡ Three knocks I knocked back just to prove I wasn’t afraid … Silence ▌ Verse 2 ▐ Second night it starts again Right on cue at 3:10 I count along just to feel in control But it’s keeping time with my own pulse Three become two — now it shifts Like it’s learning how I live Like it’s waiting for a sign Like it’s reading my mind ⟡ Two knocks ⟡ Then a break ⟡ Two knocks No answer Just weight in the dark ▌ Pre-Chorus ▐ Down the hall, behind the glass Under floors where shadows pass When I breathe fast — it speeds up too When I hold still — it waits there too Like something buried deep below Matching every beat I know ══════════ CHORUS ══════════ Three knocks in the wall Three knocks in the night First they came from somewhere else Now they’re coming from inside Three knocks in my chest Heavy, hollow, off-key I thought I was alone in here But something’s keeping time with me ⟡ Three knocks ⟡ Then a space ⟡ Three knocks It won’t let me sleep ══════════════════════════════ ▌ Verse 3 ▐ Basement stairs and splintered wood Flashlight shaking like it should Sound is crawling through the floor Right beneath the cellar door I kneel down slow, press my palm Feel the boards hum like a psalm One hard knock beneath my skin Like it’s always been within No more knocking Just breath Slow Close ▌ Pre-Chorus 2 ▐ Morning comes but nothing’s right Silence louder than the night Bag packed up — I’m leaving soon Hand on the door by noon Then it hits — not from the walls Not from pipes or empty halls From my ribs From my core ══════════ FINAL CHORUS ══════════ Three knocks in my chest Three knocks — out of line First they lived behind the walls Now they’re living in my spine Three knocks I can’t escape Every pause too long I hear my own voice from the wall Repeating my rhythm wrong ⟡ Three knocks ⟡ Then a space ⟡ Three knocks It sounds like me ══════════════════════════════ ▌ Bridge ▐ If I stop my heart Does it stop too? If I lose the beat Does it follow through? If I tear these walls apart Will it stay inside? Was it in the house — Or has it always been mine? ▌ Outro ▐ Three … Three Not in the walls Not in the floor In me ══════════════════════════════
