Hide and Seek (99)

[Intro] Count the steps beneath the floor One for the lock, two for the door The little tune forgets my name Yet every night it starts again [Verse 1] You leave one glove beside my bed A silver thread around the thread I trace the shape your fingers made Then hide the note I should have saved The hallway bends, the portraits stare Your perfume lingers in the chair I swear I hear you count to ten I lose you, then I find you again [Pre-Chorus] Small voices gather in the walls They sing my name when midnight calls Strings rise like teeth beneath the skin Tell me where you end and I begin [Chorus] Hide and seek, I chase your breath Through every room that tastes of death If love is loss, then let it stay I’ll build a cage from yesterday Hide and seek, don’t disappear Your sweetest lie is all I hear I break the lock, I cross the deep You’re in my blood when I can’t sleep [Verse 2] The clock skips three, the ceiling shakes A paper heart begins to break Your photograph has turned its face Still I keep searching through the frame I speak to dust, I speak to rain I dress the wound and call it gain The toy soldier falls in time With every thought that should be mine [Pre-Chorus] Small voices gather in the walls They sing my name when midnight calls Strings rise like teeth beneath the skin Tell me where you end and I begin [Chorus] Hide and seek, I chase your breath Through every room that tastes of death If love is loss, then let it stay I’ll build a cage from yesterday Hide and seek, don’t disappear Your sweetest lie is all I hear I break the lock, I cross the deep You’re in my blood when I can’t sleep [Bridge] Come closer, darling, count with me One last door and then you’re free I know the shape beneath your veil I know the place where all things fail [Final Chorus] Hide and seek, I found your face Inside the mirror’s empty space If love is loss, then let it stay I’ll feed the dark until it fades Hide and seek, don’t disappear Your sweetest lie is all I hear When every room has gone to sleep You’re in my blood, you’re in the deep [Outro] Count the steps beneath the floor One for the lock, two for the door The broken lullaby repeats I hear your voice beneath the beats