Verse
Nine flights up, the sensor blinks
Concrete step, the handrail cold
Light goes out before I think
Floor eleven, same as told
Painted numbers, chipped and grey
Exit sign that never lights
I wave my hand to make it stay
Thirty seconds, then it fights
Pre-Chorus
Tell me when the count runs out
Tell me why the door won't hold
Tell me what this waiting's for
Floor to floor, the same dead cold
Chorus
Stairwell static, light goes dim
Step and stall, step again
Stairwell static, walls close in
Same floor number, over and over
Verse
Twelve flights now, my breath goes thin
Fire door locked from the other side
Buzzer taped, a warning bin
Nowhere left to step but wide
Echo climbs the shaft with me
Footstep doubled, never mine
Sensor clicks and starts to flee
Dark by dark on every line
Pre-Chorus
Tell me when the count runs out
Tell me why the door won't hold
Tell me what this waiting's for
Floor to floor, the same dead cold
Chorus
Stairwell static, light goes dim
Step and stall, step again
Stairwell static, walls close in
Same floor number, over and over
Bridge
Hand up, hold it still
Light won't take the bait
Ten seconds, then it kills
Ten seconds, then I wait
Ten seconds, then I wait
Ten seconds, then I wait
Chorus
Stairwell static, light goes dim
Step and stall, step again
Stairwell static, walls close in
Same floor number, over and over
