You learned my voice in the dark Nine months was plenty of time You took the things that kept me breathing And taught them how to turn inside Keep the curtains closed Keep the room small Don't answer when they call They'll ask where you've been They'll ask what you saw They'll never understand at all You don't drag me under You wait until I lean Then make the bottom sound Like somewhere I should be I keep giving shape to something I swear I never chose A little more each time I listen A little less of what I know It wears the memories like a body It knows exactly where I've been And every time I shut the world out I make more room for it within Stay home Turn it down Let the invitations die They only knew you before They don't want what survived Remember the wire Remember the night Remember how quickly calm could ignite You call that living? I call it proof That nobody here Could ever know you It doesn't need a doorway It doesn't need a name It only needs the parts of me I keep giving it to claim I keep giving shape to something I swear I never chose A little more each time I listen A little less of what I know It wears the memories like a body It knows exactly where I've been And every time I shut the world out I make more room for it within LOCK THEM OUT THEY WEREN'T THERE LET THEM WONDER WHY YOU DON'T CARE KEEP THE NIGHT KEEP THE RAGE I'LL BUILD A HOME INSIDE THE CAGE YOU FED ME FEAR YOU FED ME YEARS NOW LOOK AT ME I'M STILL HERE Sometimes I catch the silence Before you fill it in A second where the room is empty And I remember who I've been Then you whisper through the memory And I let you back again I keep giving shape to something But now I see it grow A little more each time I listen A little further down I go It wears the memories like a body It speaks through everything I've seen I don't know how to starve it yet Then keep feeding me. Just one more night.
