Under the Bed

[Intro — toy piano + whisper] When I was a kid… I thought monsters lived under the bed. Funny. Now I know better. [Verse 1] There’s something breathing underneath me Every night around two I tell myself it’s just the pipes But pipes don’t whisper what I knew There’s a scratching by the floorboard There’s a shadow by my shoe And every time I close my eyes It gets a little closer too I used to call for someone older Used to pull the covers high Now there’s nobody left to call… So I just lie here through the night [Pre-Chorus] Don’t look down Don’t check You know what lives Inside your head Don’t reach out Don’t stare Something’s waiting Under there [Chorus] There’s something under the bed Saying all the things I dread Every fear I tried to bury Every word I never said Something under the bed Pulling memories by the thread I grew up, but somehow monsters Only learned to live inside my head Turn the light on Count to ten Maybe it’ll disappear again There’s something under the bed [Post-Chorus] Don’t look Don’t look Under the bed Don’t look Don’t look You heard what I said [Verse 2] Now it sounds like old mistakes Now it sounds like someone gone Now it sounds like every failure That I swore I’d moved beyond It knows exactly where to find me When the whole house settles down It waits until the room goes silent Then it starts to come around Maybe monsters never vanish Maybe they just change their names Maybe childhood fears grow older… And learn better ways to stay [Pre-Chorus] Don’t look down Don’t move It knows every Part of you Don’t reach out Don’t care Something’s smiling Under there [Chorus] There’s something under the bed Saying all the things I dread Every fear I tried to bury Every word I never said Something under the bed Pulling memories by the thread I grew up, but somehow monsters Only learned to live inside my head Turn the light on Count to ten Maybe it’ll disappear again There’s something under the bed [Bridge — everything cuts out] When I was seven… I thought if I kept my feet under the blanket… I was safe. (pause) At twenty-seven… I know fear doesn’t need claws. It doesn’t need teeth. It doesn’t need glowing eyes. Sometimes… It just needs silence. [Breakdown — stomps + distorted whispers] One thought Two thoughts Three thoughts Four One more nightmare At the door One breath Two feet Something moving Underneath [Final Chorus — big and chaotic] There’s something under the bed But tonight I’m done with dread If it knows every part of me Then let it hear what I’ve said Something under the bed You can crawl inside my head But I’m not seven anymore… And I’m not scared enough to run again Turn the light off Count to ten If you’re still there… Come out then There’s something under the bed… And tonight… I’m looking. [Outro — silence, then a creak] Nothing there. (whisper) Or maybe… Not anymore.