The Basement Count

Verse 1

Concrete cold

Basement floor

Lilo and Stitch hanging by the door

Counting shoes

Counting rows

Counting how many more mother knows

Small

Smallest hands

Slipping through the rubber bands

Chorus

Freeze tag in the dark

Hide and seek until the morning spark

Freeze tag in the dark

Yellow bandages leave a mark

It's just a game

It's just a game

It's just a game Emily plays

Verse 2

Velcro

Snapping tight

Paw Patrol nightlight burning white

Jonah hides

Crayon bits

While the VR camera never quits

Johnny watches

Johnny sells

Locked inside these strawberry smells

Blue

Bright blue socks

Sold inside a cardboard box

Chorus

Freeze tag in the dark

Hide and seek until the morning spark

Freeze tag in the dark

Yellow bandages leave a mark

It's just a game

It's just a game

It's just a game Emily plays

Bridge

Chad is waiting in the hall

Sarah picks her favorite doll

Baby Shark on a ringtone loop

Father stays outside the loop

Joshua won't say a word

Nothing seen and nothing heard

Nothing seen

Nothing heard

Nothing seen

Verse 3

Brad

Shaking now

When the Velcro starts to pull somehow

Dora sheets

Stained in red

Hide the things that weren't ever said

Empty

Empty eyes

Underneath the cartoon guise

One

Two

Three

Emily is catching me

Chorus

Freeze tag in the dark

Hide and seek until the morning spark

Freeze tag in the dark

Yellow bandages leave a mark

It's just a game

It's just a game

It's just a game Emily plays

Outro

Counting shoes

One and two

Mother knows just what to do

Counting shoes

Three and four

Lock the basement door

Lock the door

Lock the door