Glasshouse Between Us

Again…

I see it happen again

No walls between us now

{reversed vocal breath, unresolved

piano settling, glass-like percussion,

slow sub-bass

entry} You read the quiet on my face

Like every thought has left a trace

I keep the truth behind my teeth

You hear it every time I breathe

No lock, no curtain,

nowhere dark

You find the fingerprints I hide

I came here covered in disguise

You looked once and stepped inside

{slow head-nod groove, rim clicks,

dark chiming guitar motif} Don’t look away

You’ve seen too much

We’re standing naked

Without a touch {shimmering guitars,

cold synth textures swell} We built a glasshouse

Nowhere to hide now You see through me

I see through you

Inside the glasshouse

Don’t make a sound now One little move

And we fall right through

We built a glasshouse

A beautiful glasshouse

If we both know it breaks Why does it feel so safe?

{wide stereo chorus, massive sub-bass,

distant live toms} Your reflection follows mine

Half a second out of time

Every secret we conceal

Only makes the other real

The room is cold,

the floor is clean

But nothing here is what it seems You place your hand against

the pane

I match it from the other side

{hypnotic minimal beat, whispered call-and-response,

pitched-down vocal ad-libs} Don’t turn away

I know too much

We’re getting closer

Without a touch {fractured choir layers enter,

escalating tension} Tell me what you see

When the light cuts through

Is it who I’ve been

Or who I become with you?

Tell me what survives When the surface splits If the truth gets

out

Do we shatter with it?

{slow cinematic beat drop,

emotional strings, dramatic sub-bass}

See through me

See through you

No way out

Fall right through

(see through me…) {glitched vocal chops,

rhythmic glass taps, heavy lowpass filter} We built a glasshouse Nowhere to

hide now You see through me

I see through you

Inside the glasshouse

The cracks are loud now

One little touch

And we fall right through

We built a glasshouse

A beautiful glasshouse

If we both know it breaks— Why are we still inside?

{climax dynamic, full wall of sound,

cracking

glass, unresolved

ending}