[Verse 1]
He came through the back gate
No name on the list
Steel-toed silence
Cold hands, hard fist
Dust on his shoulders
Blood on his sleeve
No one asked questions
No one believed
[Female]
Eyes like a warning
Black as a bruise
[Pre-Chorus]
He said, "Don't call me"
He said, "Don't stay close"
Every room he enters
Feels like it might break
[Chorus]
The unknown man
The unknown man
He leaves a mark
Then vanishes again
The unknown man
The unknown man
I knew his face
Then lost it in the rain
[Verse 2]
He sat by the doorway
Boots in the mud
Counting his heartbeat
Like coins in the flood
I saw the scar line
Cut across his jaw
He laughed like trouble
He laughed at the law
[Male]
Don't ask where I came from
Don't ask what I lost
[Pre-Chorus]
He said, "Don't call me"
He said, "Don't stay close"
Every room he enters
Feels like it might break
[Chorus]
The unknown man
The unknown man
He leaves a mark
Then vanishes again
The unknown man
The unknown man
I knew his face
Then lost it in the rain
[Bridge]
[Female]
If you run, he follows
If you hide, he knows
[Male]
If you touch the fire
You feel it in your bones
[Breakdown]
Say his name
Say his name
He won't stay
He won't stay
[Final Chorus]
The unknown man
The unknown man
He leaves a mark
Then vanishes again
The unknown man
The unknown man
I knew his face
Then lost it in the rain
The unknown man
The unknown man
Some ghosts wear skin
And walk away alive