The stairs can creak all they want to
The door can close on its own
Fling the frames from the walls
Call my ghost from the shallow earth
I'll wear my bones on the outside
Rattle my cage
I'll pull it together
Poltergeist, pull up a seat
More of the same
Returning to sender
Spit out the tang of defeat
And come back swinging
Permanent sleep, it can taunt you
I closed that door on my own
I am tired and haunted
Yet upright and undaunted
I wear my heart on the outside
Rattle my cage
I'll pull it together
Poltergeist, pull up a seat
More of the same
Returning to sender
Spit out the tang of defeat
And come back swinging
Flicker the lights
Jiggle the doorknob
You can be the face I imagine in the window
Flicker the lights
I'll still oblige
First I'll scream my head off
Then I'll come back swinging
Rattle my cage
I'll pull it together
Poltergeist, pull up a seat
More of the same
Returning to sender
Spit out the tang of defeat
Rattle my cage
I'll pull it together
Poltergeist, pull up a seat
More of the same
Returning to sender
Spit out the tang of defeat
And come back swinging