[Intro]
Door swings wide
Phones go dark
Badges fade
Then they dart
[Verse 1]
Step under the tape, coat half-zipped
Coffee in my hand, case file flipped
Ask one question, room turns cryptic
Eyes hit the floor like I'm radioactive
Fingerprint dust in the fluorescent buzz
Techs pack up, “sorry, something just…”
One grabs gear, the other hits RUN
Chairs slam back like a starting gun
Supervisor stiff with that frozen grin
“Let the rookie handle it, you can fill us in”
Elevator closes, they don’t look back
Whole squad scatters like a code red hack
[Chorus]
Why they scatter when I show up on the scene?
Every siren silent, every partner turns to steam
Is it me, is it them, is it something in between?
I’m the last one standing in a crime that feels like a dream
Why they scatter when I walk into the room?
Like they heard a ticking that I can’t hear too
If I’m the only witness then who’s the accused?
Detective in the mirror asking, “What did you do?”
[Verse 2]
Body on the floor, but the blood runs clean
Heart carved out with a spiral scheme
Walls rearrange when I blink too long
Same old badge, but it feels all wrong
Radio crackles in a language glitch
Voices overlap, then the channel flips
“Target arrived” in a whisper pitch
Then static eats the words like a hungry glitch
I bag one clue, letters spell my name
Timestamp stamped from a younger age
Photo in a file that I never took
I’m the face in the evidence book
[Chorus]
Why they scatter when I show up on the scene?
Every siren silent, every partner turns to steam
Is it me, is it them, is it something in between?
I’m the last one standing in a crime that feels like a dream
Why they scatter when I walk into the room?
Like they heard a ticking that I can’t hear too
If I’m the only witness then who’s the accused?
Detective in the mirror asking, “What did you do?”
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Boss said, “Kid, you were never on the force”
Yet my locker smells like old divorce
Coffee rings, case tags, name on the door
But the payroll log says “employed: nevermore”
[whispered vocals]
Every case I crack
Erases one more fact
Every truth I track
Turns around, attacks
[Chorus]