Human Ouija

[Verse 1]
The Kenmore dehumidifier had a death-rattle hum
On the Berber carpet, summer of '15 was done.
Four of us cross-legged, the air thick with Off! bug spray,
Chanting made-up scripture to pass the time away.
You put two fingers under my back, a low-voltage start,
Playing 'Light as a Feather' like it was serious art.

[Chorus]
We were Human Ouija, spelling out a prayer
My body went weightless, floating on the suburban air
A basement kind of holy, a slumber-party grace
I made a new faith from the look there on your face.

[Verse 2]
“Your hands are cold,” I remember you said, a nervous laugh.
I felt my spine leaving my body, splitting me in half.
Looking back now, it was a dangerous kind of game,
Teaching a wallflower how to levitate her own frame.
A low-frequency static in my blood I can't erase,
The ghost of your fingerprint still marking the place.

[Chorus]
We were Human Ouija, spelling out a prayer
My body went weightless, floating on the suburban air
A basement kind of holy, a slumber-party grace
I made a new faith from the look there on your face.

[Bridge]
It’s cringe, I know, to build a whole religion
On a party trick, a moment of misprision.
But my feet haven’t touched the ground in almost ten years,
Still hearing your whisper through the buzzing in my ears.

[Outro]
Game over, I guess. But I’m still floating here.