[Intro]
Clock-in card
Coffee stain shirt
Same four walls
Same dull hurt
[Verse 1]
Name tag crooked on a discount suit
Smile for the cameras, swallow the truth
Boss says “kid, you’re lucky you’re here”
I chew my tongue till I taste my fear
Train ride home, glass in the sky
See my face, don’t recognize my eyes
Bills like bricks on a breaking chest
Heart keeps thudding but it never gets rest
[Chorus]
I was just a face in the crowd
Quiet head, never thought out loud
Now they scream when the street gets slicker
Say my name like a slur
“Jack the Ripper”
From a normal life to a twisted scripture
Every headline paints the picture
I was just a number, now I’m a whisper
Breathing in the dark as Jack the Ripper
[Verse 2]
Got passed up for the raise again
“Maybe next year” from the same old men
Mom texts “baby, when you coming by?”
I start typing back but my fingers lie
Nights get long, thoughts get thin
Voices line up, marching in
“Cut that rope that keeps you tame
Turn your pain into a different name”
[Chorus]
I was just a face in the crowd
Quiet head, never thought out loud
Now they scream when the street gets slicker
Say my name like a slur
“Jack the Ripper”
From a normal life to a twisted scripture
Every headline paints the picture
I was just a number, now I’m a whisper
Breathing in the dark as Jack the Ripper
[Bridge]
(hey!)
Pulled by the fog
Dragged by the knife
Something snapped
In my boring life
Step by step
As the alleys narrow
I shed my skin
For a shadow
[Chorus]
I was just a face in the crowd
Quiet head, never thought out loud
Now they scream when the street gets slicker
Say my name like a slur
“Jack the Ripper”
From a normal life to a twisted scripture
Every headline paints the picture
I was just a number, now I’m a whisper
Breathing in the dark as Jack the Ripper