Let me rot in peace

**Title: Hairline Cracks** **Verse 1** There’s a hum in the hallway, no one’s there Light flickers like it’s learning how to stare Coffee cup trembling in my hand Shadows on the ceiling drawing maps in the sand I keep checking all the locks twice, three times more Hear my heartbeat crawling underneath the floor Every little whisper sounds like broken glass Time moves forward but I’m stuck in the past **Chorus** I’m coming apart in invisible ways Laughing too loud just to keep it all straight Losing my grip on the lines in my mind One by one they untie If I smile wide enough, will it all feel sane? Or am I just learning to color the pain? Going slowly, slowly insane Like a house with hairline cracks in the frame **Verse 2** Calendar pages, all out of tune Yesterday feels like it happened at noon Talking to myself like an old best friend I forget where I began and the echoes end I put notes on the mirror saying “you’re okay” But the ink runs out before I find the day Every normal moment feels a little bent Like the whole world’s tilted just a single percent **Chorus** I’m coming apart in invisible ways Laughing too loud just to keep it all straight Losing my grip on the lines in my mind One by one they untie If I smile wide enough, will it all feel sane? Or am I just learning to color the pain? Going slowly, slowly insane Like a house with hairline cracks in the frame **Pre-Chorus** Maybe it’s nothing, maybe it’s just in my head But the quiet gets louder when I lie in my bed **Bridge** There’s a version of me that still sleeps through the night Who doesn’t count the shadows in the hallway light Somewhere I’m steady, somewhere I’m whole Not chasing every echo like it’s saving my soul Peeling back the wallpaper, room by room Finding all the stories that I never outgrew If I tear it all down, what’s under the paint? Someone who’s breaking or someone who ain’t? **Chorus** I’m coming apart in invisible ways Laughing too loud just to keep it all straight Losing my grip on the lines in my mind One by one they untie If I smile wide enough, will it all feel sane? Or am I just learning to color the pain? Going slowly, slowly insane Like a house with hairline cracks in the frame **Outro** Step by step, thought by thought I’m a ticking clock that time forgot If I go, it won’t be flames Just a quiet shift, a different name Going slowly, slowly insane Till the walls and I can’t tell who’s to blame