[Intro – Low Drone, Sub Bass, Slow Metallic Percussion]
Dust in the light, no sound to hold
Air feels heavy, thin and cold
Every step just echoes back
Along the same invisible track
[Verse 1]
Walls don’t move but they close in
Like they know where I’ve been
Every room feels twice its size
But there’s nowhere to hide inside
Faces fade into the floor
Like I’ve seen them all before
Time keeps slipping out of reach
Leaving nothing left to teach
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep searching through the seams
Of these repeating dreams
[Chorus]
Is there a trapdoor
In this floor
(’cause I can’t stand any more)
Is there a trapdoor
Anywhere ’round here
(So that I can disappear)
[Verse 2 – Rhythm Enters, Tension Builds]
Footsteps follow, though I’m still
Standing perfectly still
Like the room is breathing slow
And I’m the only one that knows
Every corner looks the same
Every exit calls my name
But when I reach, it’s just the wall
Closing in and that is all
[Pre-Chorus]
If escape is just a thought
Why does it feel like I forgot
[Chorus]
Is there a trapdoor
Beneath me here
(’cause I can’t think clear)
Is there a trapdoor
Some hidden seam
(Inside this dream)
Is there a trapdoor
Anywhere ’round here
(So that I can disappear)
[Bridge – Sparse Piano + Echoing Vocals]
Maybe it’s not in the floor
Maybe it’s something more
A fracture in the way I see
A break in continuity
Maybe I don’t need to fall
Maybe I just need to call
To something underneath the skin
To let the outside in
[Build – Percussion Intensifies, Synth Rising]
Every surface starts to bend
Every loop begins to end
Something shifting out of view
Like the room is splitting through
[Final Chorus – Full Band, Heavy Atmosphere]
Is there a trapdoor
In this floor
(’cause I can’t stand any more)
Is there a trapdoor
Right beneath me here
(To erase the fear)
Is there a trapdoor
Anywhere ’round here
(So that I can disappear)
Is there a trapdoor
Or is it me
(That sets me free)
[Outro – Sound Diminishes, Ambient Fade]
No door…
No floor…
Just the thought of something more…
[Silence]
From the album “Exit Strategy“