[Intro] (whispered, layered, overlapping) mmm... shh... too loud... too loud... (ohh) [Verse 1] ten thousand voices and... none of 'em mine still hear the roar when the... lights go blind smile for the cameras, fold it, file it, fine can't find the off switch... can't find the line (shh) 3am ceiling and the... thoughts won't quit counting every wrong thing... every bit (mmm) [Pre-Chorus] (looping, building, voices stacking) what if -- what if -- what if they saw what if -- what if -- I'm not enough at all what if -- what if -- the whole thing breaks what if -- what if -- what if -- what if -- [Chorus] too loud inside my head (too loud) noise, noise, noise in my head (shh) can't breathe, can't breathe, can't breathe just need one quiet thing instead (mmm... ohh...) too loud... too loud... inside my head [Verse 2] (closer, more broken) then your voice on the line... cut the static clean one soft thing in the... whole machine don't say nothing big, just... breathe and stay and the noise pulls back like the... tide going grey (shh) only quiet I get is the... sound of you only off switch I found... is you (mmm) [Pre-Chorus] (looping, but softer now) what if -- what if -- you hang up the call what if -- what if -- I'm back in it all what if -- what if -- I lose the thread what if -- what if -- what if -- [Chorus] too loud inside my head (too loud) noise, noise, noise in my head (shh) can't breathe, can't breathe, can't breathe just need one quiet thing instead (mmm... ohh...) too loud... too loud... inside my head [Bridge] (everything drops to whisper + sub bass) shh... just breathe... shh... one quiet thing... (distortion creeping in on the peak) just -- one -- quiet -- thing... [Outro] (fading, reverb tail, voices dissolving) too loud... (shh) too loud... (mmm) ...quiet now. ...you. (tape stop)
