I Am The Noise

I Am the Noise They spent ten floors trying to wire my throat Checking the margins of the sermons they wrote They gave me the pills and they turned on the screen To wash out the human and load the machine I sat in the corner and stayed in my place Letting the building erase my own face But the plaster is gone and the wires are bare And I’m done pretending that nobody’s there You can turn off the signal, you can collapse the floor But you can’t make me quiet enough to survive anymore The pressure is breaking The system is dead I am the noise that you couldn’t erase I am the fracture they found in the base You built the walls but the screaming gets through I am the crack running straight into you Turn up the volume, open the door I am the noise And I’m silent no more There’s a million screens trying to dictate the view Telling you what to believe is still true They monetize hunger and trade on the pain To keep everyone standing out in the rain But the tenant is leaving the house that you built We’re tearing the numbers right off of the skin You can’t manage a heart that refuses to kneel When the cracks in the concrete have opened the field You can turn off the signal, you can collapse the floor But you can’t make me quiet enough to survive anymore The circuit is burning The ceiling gives way I am the noise that you couldn’t erase I am the fracture they found in the base You built the walls but the screaming gets through I am the crack running straight into you Turn up the volume, open the door I am the noise And I’m silent no more I am the noise that you couldn’t erase I am the fracture they found in the base You built the walls but the screaming gets through I am the crack running straight into you Turn up the volume, open the door I am the noise I am the noise I am the noise The building is gone.