The Thing in the Walls Lyrics

I am the paint that peels when no one's there

The creak of a floorboard, a breath in the air

You are a rainbow spilling warmth on the floor

The sound of a key turning joy at the door

I've grown my silence like a second skin

A room without windows, locked from within

But you break through, like light through the cracks

I flinch, retreat, then pull myself back

Pay no fucking mind, I'm just the thing in the walls

A murmur behind you, a silence that crawls

You're the rhythm that dances and never stalls

I'm the echo that fades, the thing in the walls

You weave your stories like golden threads

I'm tangled in whispers, the words unsaid

You fill the space like a tide on the rise

I'm a hollow vacuum in forgotten eyes

I've tried to reach you, but the air turns cold

These fragile hands are too weak to hold

So I retreat, a half-drawn sigh

A house with locked windows too dark to try

Pay no fucking mind, I'm just the thing in the walls

A murmur behind you, a silence that crawls

You're the rhythm that dances and never stalls

I'm the echo that fades, the thing in the walls

I've lived my life between the seams

Watching your world like distant dreams

Your laughter rings, electric and wild

I'm a faint vibration, a long-lost dial

I watch your colors shift and play

While I dissolve into shades of gray

Oh, you shine too bright, and I can't disguise

The way I falter when I meet your eyes

Pay no fucking mind, I'm just the thing in the walls

A murmur behind you, a silence that crawls

You're the rhythm that dances and never stalls

I'm the echo that fades, the thing in the walls

I am the ticking of a clock unseen

The gap between words, the space in between

You're a firework's bloom, a brilliant burst

I'm the quiet that lingers when the light's dispersed

You turn your head, and I hold my breath

Afraid to be noticed, afraid of what's left

Maybe I'm nothing, a flicker, a pause

Just the thing in the walls, bound by its flaws

Pay no fucking mind, I'm just the thing in the walls

A murmur behind you, a silence that crawls

You're the rhythm that dances and never stalls

I'm the echo that fades, the thing in the walls

Pay no fucking mind, I'm just the thing in the walls

A murmur behind you, a silence that crawls

You're the rhythm that dances and never stalls

I'm the echo that fades, the thing in the walls