Get Out: The Sunken Place and Silenced Voices (Psalm 40:2)

Chris Washington falls into the Sunken Place—a void where he can see what his body does but cannot control it, cannot scream, cannot escape. His consciousness is trapped while others use his flesh. David writes: "He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire." Get Out makes horror from a real experience: being present but silenced, seen but not heard, your body in spaces your voice cannot reach. The Sunken Place is what oppression feels like from inside. Rescue means being brought up, being heard, having your body returned to you.