[Intro - whispered, reverse swell, no kick yet] (whispered) I didn't fix it. I turned it down. [Verse 1 - minimalist, dry close vocal, kick enters on bar 5] Every sound inside that house could throw me for a mile, and I'd stand out here and hold it for a while. A pipe knocks in the wall, I'd be up until the sun, and I'd read it for a meaning. It was none. That's a system with no damping. That's a bell that rings, and it rings because I keep on pulling strings. You don't stop a swing by grabbing at it with your hand, you just quit the little push. And then you stand. [Pre-Chorus - clipped, drums out, swell rising] I hear every single sound. I still count them all. I just don't get up for it. And I let it fall. [Chorus - same size as the verse, no lift, drone wide] I didn't fix it. I turned it down. The fear's still in the room. It's just quiet now. Same size. Same weight. Same everything it was. I just stopped giving it a push. I didn't fix it. I turned it down. [Verse 2 - same restraint, delay repeats thinning] There's a version where a man gets better. This ain't it. I'm the same scared man. I just don't jump at every bit. Fear ain't something you defeat. It's something you turn low. It don't leave the house. It just don't get to run the show. I'm inside his sound now. I can hear the room he made. Every cold thing in it is a thing that he's afraid. It's the same house, same bell, same ringing that won't rest. And two men in two rooms, both of us doing our best. [Pre-Chorus - clipped, drums out, flat] I still hear every sound. And I still count them all. I just don't get up now. And I let it all fall. [Bridge - bare, no reverb, voice and sub only] I don't know how close it is. I stopped checking. That's the part nobody says: you don't get calm by getting closer. You get calm by putting the count down. [Final Chorus - wider, not louder, delay down to one repeat] I didn't fix it. I turned it down. The fear's still in the room. It's just quiet now. Same size. Same weight. Same everything it was. I just stopped giving it a push. I didn't fix it. I turned it down. [Outro - bare, no delay left at all, held] (whispered) I didn't fix it. I turned it down.
