[Verse 1] Cracked cup in the dish rack Mildew maps on the cinderblock wall Dad's voice in the floor vents Still telling me I’m too much Too small Fourth notice in the junk pile Pink threats stuck to the fridge by a fork I do the math on my lifespan In late fees and interest and forked roads [Chorus] I’m a basement masochist Kissing every rusted nail I trip Tracing weeping family lines In the damp In the drip In the drip Gray-sky ego Sagging wires Hanging from the rafters like a curse I can’t quit Yeah I bleed where the house was built Basement masochist Basement masochist (hey!) [Verse 2] Medicine cabinet confession Half-used pills like tiny white lies Mom’s eyes in the mirror glass Same crack running through both sides I rearrange the orange bottles Spelling out a future I can’t read Swallowing the script that wrote us All cost No guarantee [Chorus] I’m a basement masochist Kissing every rusted nail I trip Tracing weeping family lines In the damp In the drip In the drip Gray-sky ego Sagging wires Hanging from the rafters like a curse I can’t quit Yeah I bleed where the house was built Basement masochist Basement masochist [Bridge] Rent check rubber Blood check bounce Grandma’s rosary in the lost-and-found Every prayer marked “insufficient funds” Every child inheriting the stunned I press my face to the concrete Ask it what it’s holding back from us Hairline fracture in my faith Little vein of rust Rust Rust [Chorus] I’m a basement masochist Kissing every rusted nail I trip Tracing weeping family lines In the damp In the drip In the drip Gray-sky ego Sagging wires Hanging from the rafters like a curse I can’t quit If this house is all I get I’ll tear through the floor where my spirit split Yeah I bleed where the house was built Basement masochist Basement masochist
