[Intro]
Co-workers run
I step in
Empty hallway
Cold wind
[Verse 1]
Yellow tape waves
like it wanna warn me
Coffee on a desk
still warm, still steaming
Chairs spin slow
screens frozen mid-frame
Name tags dropped
they fled, not leaving
Footprints stop
then they smear into nothing
Blood on the wall
spelled out in my handwriting
Phone on the floor
got my face as the background
But this my first time
setting foot on this damn ground
Whose jacket on the coat rack
with my badge?
Whose voice on the recorder
say my past?
"Detective on scene"
but I’m already here
Two pens in my pocket
third one by the mirror
[Chorus]
Why they scatter when I show up? (show up)
Why the room remember things
I never done?
Every crime scene
telling me the same stuff
"Welcome back"
written in the trace dust
Why they scatter when I come through? (come through)
Why the cameras catch me
standing in the group?
Every folder
labeled with my name, too
I ain’t chasing just a perp
I’m chasing who?
[Verse 2]
Evidence board
all the photos of the victims
Draw a line
it connect to my image
Every sketch artist
got my jaw, my nose
Motive box empty
but the circle close
Lab tech shaking
say the DNA matches
Mine on the knife
under powdered latex
But the test date stamped
from a year I was missing
Whole month blank
in my own case file listings
Captain in the hall
won’t look in my direction
Hand on his holster
eyes full of questions
Whispers in the bullpen
"Did he figure out yet?"
Overheard my shrink
say "reset, reset"
[Pre-Chorus]
Glove on my hand
fits before I try it
Voice in the vents
hums low like a siren
Every new scene
feel older than the last one
Every new clue
just another closed caption
[Chorus]
Why they scatter when I show up? (show up)
Why the room remember things
I never done?
Every crime scene
telling me the same stuff
"Welcome back"
written in the trace dust
Why they scatter when I come through? (come through)
Why the cameras catch me
standing in the group?
Every folder
labeled with my name, too
I ain’t chasing just a perp
I’m chasing who?
[Bridge]
Maybe I’m the glitch
in the case file
Maybe I’ve been here
all the while
Tape rewinds
but it skip on my face
I’m the question mark
at every place
Clock on the wall
ticks out of rhythm
Beat in my chest
syncs up with the system
If they all run
when I walk in the room
Maybe they remember
what I’m about to do
[Chorus]