[Intro] Maintenance Nine. Confirm entry at overflow gate. Gate's welded. I found stairs underneath. There are no stairs on that survey. Dispatch... somebody's singing down here. Release your transmit button. I did. [Verse 1] Past the floodmark, past the rusted chain, A woman's note came swimming through the drain. More join, holding the same thin sound, A lullaby that made the concrete breathe. My light found faces standing row on row, White as salt along the pipes. Each breath pulls the black water high. Each time they sing, it sinks in time. [Pre-Chorus] One... two... three... four... Why are they watching the floor? Don't lose the count. Don't turn around. I FEEL IT LISTENING THROUGH THE GROUND. [Chorus] Hush now, hush now, Keep the water sleeping. Hush now, hush now, Something underneath is breathing. Hold that note. Hold that line. Keep your mouth open. Keep the time. Hush now, hush now... DON'T LET IT WAKE TONIGHT. [Post-Chorus] Hold... hold... ho-ho-hold... Below... below... be-low-low-low... Ooo-aaah... ooo-aaah... Dispatch, I found them. Hundreds of people. Nine, your signal is coming through... two channels. I've only got one radio. Don't open your mouth. Who said that? Nine... that was you. [Verse 2] A thousand throats. Not a single tongue. An old man's bones are trembling, strung To something underneath the floor. He carves two words and points beneath my feet: KEEP SINGING. The letters shake. The ceiling starts to sweat. My radio spits the words I haven't said. He grips my wrist. The oldest voice goes thin. One singer coughs. The whole tide rushes in. [Pre-Chorus 2] One... two... three... four... The water's touching the door. I can't hold my breath. Not yet... not yet... It doesn't need your body. IT ONLY NEEDS YOUR VOICE! [Chorus 2] Hush now, hush now, Keep the water sleeping. Hush now, hush now, Something underneath is LISTENING. Hold that note. Hold that line. One voice missing. Borrow mine. Hush now, hush now... DON'T LET IT LEARN TO SING. [Bridge] They're not calling it. They're drowning out its song. One... two... three... four... STOP COUNTING FOR ME! Hush... now... [Final Chorus] Hush now, hush now, Hear the whole town breathing. Hush now, hush now, SOMETHING UNDERNEATH IS SINGING. Broke the note. Broke the line. Now a thousand mouths are mine. Hush now, hush now... IT HAS MY VOICE. IT HAS MY VOICE. Don't... don't... don't... Let it... Through... through... th-through... SHUT THE RADIO OFF! [Outro] Unit Nine? Answer me. Where are you? I'm still below. Why are you on every frequency? Hush now... hush now... Control room's on the eighteenth floor. ...Where did that come from? Your turn. Hold the note. Maintenance Nine. Confirm entry at overflow gate.
