[Verse 1]
Plastic bag on the floor
Static in the ear
Red glow on the door
Footsteps drag through the busted glass
Rust in the air
And the mask on Cash
Bloodstains map out another route
Spray paint tags from the Hoods and the brutes
Shopping carts turned into a cage
Breath in your throat as you swallow the rage
[Chorus]
It’s a manhunt
Manhunt
Every heartbeat counting down the time
Catch a smiley in the floodlight
Cut the laughter
Draw the line
It’s a manhunt
Manhunt
Every shadow
Someone’s last breath owed
Cash keeps walking through the alleys
Leaves them face-down in the road
[Verse 2]
[low vocal register]
“Don’t be shy
Mr. Cash
Make it messy
Make it last”
His voice crackles through the rusted screen
Pure gasoline on a murder scene
Smiley mask tilts at the edge of sight
Bloodshot eyes behind cartoon white
You move slow
Feel the hammer in your palm
Then everything shakes
But your pulse stays calm
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[crescendo]
Hoods in the stairwell
Blades in their fists
Skins in the courtyard
Hunting in a twist
But the cameras love you when you drag them down
Starkweather laughing as they hit the ground
“Do it for the show
” he sings in your head
“Give them something they won’t forget”
You were dead already
That’s the deal
Now every kill is how you feel
[Chorus]