The Weight Under the Floorboards

The Weight Under the Floorboards

I walk these rooms with the silence caught in my throat
Every step I take sounds like a warning note
I keep the boxes hidden where the dust lays thick
Every memory I buried is making me sick.
It’s the weight under the floorboards
the nights I can’t forget
The truth I tried to strangle

but it isn’t finished yet
It’s the weight under the floorboards
and it never lets me sleep
All the things I never told you are the secrets that I keep.
I tape up the cracks, cover the holes with sweat
Pour bourbon on the fire, but I ain’t burning yet
Some ghosts are quiet, some of them bite and choke

I hear them in the dark, every promise that I broke.
It’s the weight under the floorboards
the nights I can’t forget
The truth I tried to strangle
but it isn’t finished yet
It’s the weight under the floorboards
and it never lets me sleep

All the things I never told you are the secrets that I keep.
Kill the lights, wait for the black
But the heavy stuff always finds a way back
No open window, no easy trade
Just me and the mess that I made.

It’s the weight under the floorboards
the nights I can’t forget
The truth I tried to strangle
but it isn’t finished yet
It’s the weight under the floorboards
and it never lets me sleep
All the things I never told you are the secrets that I keep.