Dead Air Silence

Dead Air Silence [Verse 1] Key on a shoestring, cold on my chest Bus stop gravel still caught in my sweats Front door swollen, had to shoulder it wide Dust in the kitchen, no one inside TV flicker with the volume down low Hallway light leaking sick and slow Cabinets humming like a mouth sewn shut Dead air silence rising in my lungs [Pre-Chorus] No call coming No voice, no sign Just the house breathing Like it knew my mind [Chorus] Dead air silence Thick as smoke Sat down beside me Before I was old Dead air silence Cold and wise Taught me how to go still When something died Dead air silence [Verse 2] Boxed mac boiling in a warped-up pan Little one hungry with a grip on my hand Porch light buzzing like a bug trapped wrong Night came early and it stayed too long Heard my name once in the pipes overhead Could’ve been water, could’ve been my head Every small sound had a knife in it That’s where the panic first learned to sit [Pre-Chorus] No one asking No one knew What a kid turns into In a breaking room [Chorus] Dead air silence Thick as smoke Sat down beside me Before I was old Dead air silence Cold and wise Taught me how to lock down Keep it alive Dead air silence [Bridge] Buzz in the wire Crack in the paint Shape in the doorway Teaching me wait I learned the quiet Like a second skin How to smile sideways When the fear walked in [Final Chorus] Dead air silence Black and slow Followed me forward Anywhere I’d go Dead air silence Still survives Lives behind my teeth And the backs of my eyes Dead air silence Never left Just changed its clothes And moved in my chest [Outro] Key on a shoestring Cold on my chest I know that house now It’s the room in my head