(they’re watching the temperature)

(drip… drip…)

I dial the night on, let the steam come up slow

Tiles memorize my shape, the mirror won’t let go

The knob ticks like a clock that remembers my name

I thought it was weather — now I know it’s a game

(mmm…)

(listen close…)

Hot in the stream, safe in the flow

Step out that door and the heat says no

(oooo — hotter… hotter…)

(turn it down, they won’t)

Thermostat conspiracy, they dial my skin

The shower sings mercy but outside it’ll win

They promised me comfort — now comfort is loud

Turn down the city, they wanna pull me out

(they’re watching you)

(don’t step out)

(burning like a halo)

Neighbor’s window hums like an amp on my name

Steam wrote a letter and signed with my pain

Soap slips like evidence down the drain

I scrub, I scrub — but the heat knows my blame

(no, no, no… stop…)

(it’s in the pipes…)

Hot in the stream, safe in the flow

Outside they’re waiting to dial me low

(they know the number)

(shhh… keep still…)

Thermostat conspiracy, dial me again

The water’s on my side but the sun is their friend

They sold me a sunrise that doesn’t want me back

I’ll hide in the faucet before the world cracks

(hide in the steam)

(I’m small… I’m small…)

(they’re loud)

They calibrate the day — they calibrate the cold

The calendar is sticky, the knob’s got teeth

(teeth… teeth…)

(drip… drop… scream)

(no one hears me, no one hears me)

Thermostat conspiracy, they dial my skin

The shower sings mercy but outside it’ll win

(they’re watching you…)

(burning like a halo…)

Turn my knob — I’ll turn my life — keep the heat close tonight.