[Intro] [Echoey, filtered voice] The lights go out... (And the silence breathes...) [Verse 1] Streetlight dies outside, the key turns in the lock The hallway stretches long, a tunnel made of shock I've traced this floor for years, the furniture's the same But when the sun retreats, even walls forget my name The corners start to breathe, the darkness starts to press My reflection in the glass is a stranger I confess [Chorus] It's the fear of what I'm facing when I finally close my eyes It's the hollow in the floorboards where the silence multiplies Not the monster in the corner, but the space it leaves behind The cold and empty echo of a thought I cannot find (I'm still searching...) It's the terror of the silent, the unknown and the blind [Ad-lib] (Yeah, feel that) [Verse 2] I trace the wires back, follow circuits to the source The science of the light should redirect its force But science doesn't save me when the basement stairs descend Into quiet so complete, the quiet never ends My phone is at 3 percent, that glowing fragile sun And I'm terrified to watch it fade until the damage is done [Chorus] It's the fear of what I'm facing when I finally close my eyes It's the hollow in the floorboards where the silence multiplies Not the monster in the corner, but the space it leaves behind The cold and empty echo of a thought I cannot find (You won't find it) It's the terror of the silent, the unknown and the blind [Bridge] [Synth pads swell, beat pulls back to just kick and hi-hat] They say we grow out of it, we learn to face the night But I think we just get better at building stronger light The fear is just a doorway to a room we'll never chart A map of all the empty spaces beating in my heart [Guitar stab build-up] (Yeah! Let's go!) [Chorus] It's the fear of what I'm facing when I finally close my eyes It's the hollow in the floorboards where the silence multiplies Not the monster in the corner, but the space it leaves behind The cold and empty echo of a thought I cannot find (I'm still looking...) It's the terror of the silent, the unknown and the blind [Outro] [Beat gradually strips away, filtered synth bass fades] The unknown... (What's waiting?) The blind... (Just the quiet) Just the quiet... [Final guitar stab, reverb tail] [End]
