Basement teeth

[Verse 1]
Door chain clicks twice
Then the room goes thin
Your name on my tongue
Like a cut in tin

Black mold on the wall
In the shape of hands
I count every crack
Where the shadow stands

[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t breathe too loud
It wakes the floor
I hear it crawl
Behind the door

The mirror leans
Like it knows my face
Something in here
Keeps my place

[Chorus]
Basement teeth
Bite down on me
Basement teeth
Won’t let me leave
Basement teeth
Under the skin
Basement teeth
Pull me in

[Verse 2]
Pale tube glow hums
Over rust and bone
Bootprints in dust
But I came alone

The sink spits black
Then it goes still
Every low note
Makes the walls feel ill

I taste cold iron
When I say your name
And the air bends hard
Like a live wire flame

[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t close your eyes
It gets too near
There’s a slow shape moving
Inside the fear

The floorboard groans
Like a broken throat
I felt it grin
When the lights all choked

[Chorus]
Basement teeth
Bite down on me
Basement teeth
Won’t let me leave
Basement teeth
Under the skin
Basement teeth
Pull me in

[Bridge]
Whispered walls, spit back my words
I was the last one left in the dirt
Hands on the glass, red in the static
Something beneath is hungry and patient

[Chorus]
Basement teeth
Bite down on me
Basement teeth
Won’t let me leave
Basement teeth
Under the skin
Basement teeth
Pull me in