[Verse 1] I found a door behind the wall Where no door ought to be No handle on the painted side No keyhole I could see I pressed my ear against the wood And heard a distant sound Like someone dragging fingernails In circles underground [Pre-Chorus] So I counted every footstep From the bedroom to the stair Twenty seven going down Twenty eight returning there [Chorus] There's a shape beneath the house There's a shadow in the stone It knows the weight of every step It knows when I'm alone And every night it moves an inch And every night I sleep There's a shape beneath the house And I think it looks like me [Verse 2] The mirrors started fogging first Though winter hadn't come A fingerprint appeared one night Then slowly it became a thumb I laughed because I had to laugh And blamed the settling walls Until I heard my own voice speak From somewhere in the halls [Pre-Chorus] So I counted every window Every doorway, every chair Twenty seven shadows cast Twenty eight when I was there [Chorus] There's a shape beneath the house There's a shadow in the stone It knows the weight of every step It knows when I'm alone And every night it moves an inch And every night I sleep There's a shape beneath the house And I think it looks like me [Minor Instrumental] [Bridge] Last night I found the doorway open Blackness breathing from below And something whispered, "Don't be frightened" In a voice I used to know I took one step It took one too I raised my hand It followed through I whispered, "What do you want from me?" It smiled and said- "Your room will do." [Final Chorus] There's a shape inside the house There's a shadow on the stairs It wears the weight of every step And breathes my borrowed air And every night I lose an inch To something buried deep There's a shape inside the house And now- I'm underneath.
