[Intro - Bass Entry, Pressure Already Present] [Verse 1 - Strained Tenor, Controlled] I am still in the room My hand is on the handle The walls have heard the version I never gave a voice They hold it like a debt Like something owed and not collected The air in here is full Of every word I swallowed whole And kept [Pre-Chorus - IDM Percussion Sharp, Bass Aggressive] The room knows what I came with Knows the weight I wore as quiet Every silence has a body Every body has its fire [Chorus - Cello Conflict, Ondes Martenot Cutting Through] I did not break I held the breaking in my teeth I did not burn I kept the burning underneath The room absorbed it all The walls grew thick with what I never said I am still here I am still I am [Verse 2 - Bass Relentless, Tenor Vibrato Under Pressure] The furniture has learned my angles Knows the corner where I pace to nothing The window holds the outside like a mirror Shows me what I look like from the leaving side I have been reasonable Exquisitely, precisely reasonable The room has been the keeper of the version Where I simply Opened And walked out [Pre-Chorus - Percussion Relentless, Cello Siren] The room knows what I came with Knows the weight I wore as quiet Every silence has a body Every body has its fire [Chorus - Cello Conflict, Ondes Martenot Cutting Through] I did not break I held the breaking in my teeth I did not burn I kept the burning underneath The room absorbed it all The walls grew thick with what I never said I am still here I am still I am [Bridge - Half-Time, Tenor Stripped, Cello Only] You have my whole vocabulary of almost Every door I closed before it opened Every name I shaped and then dissolved Before it reached the air Keep them I don't need them where I'm going I am walking out of everything You witnessed And kept quiet about For years [Final Chorus - Full Pressure, Tenor at Breaking Point, Leash Snapping] I did not break But breaking was the discipline I did not burn But burning was the origin The room absorbs nothing now The walls have given everything back I am still here For one more Second [Outro - Door Opens, Bass Drops, Silence Enters] The room is empty now It always was
