Midnight Casefile

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[Intro]
Rain on chrome
Blue tape flutters
Stale smoke
My head mutters

[Verse 1]
Boots hit puddles, sirens fade
I taste metal, old mistakes
Flashbulb crime scene in my brain
Every clue cuts through the haze
Bloody watch face, frozen time
Shattered glass that spells a rhyme
Every footprint, every stain
Talks in code inside my veins

[Chorus]
I’m the shadow in the spotlight
Reading truth in every line they hide
I can hear the crime still breathing
Heartbeats echo where the dead lie
I tear through the dark, through the lie, through the pain
‘Til the city finally speaks a name

[Verse 2]
Rap sheet longer than the night
I spit facts, they dodge the light
Crossed-out faces on my wall
Red string veins that crawl and crawl
Killer left a crooked trail
Smell of fear in every tale
Witness choking on his lies
Pulse gives up what his mouth hides

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
[low vocal register, half-time groove]
Interrogation room hums, one chair, one stare
“You were there, weren’t you there?”
His hand shakes, pen clicks, pupils flare
I stay still, let the silence tear
[whispered vocals]
Left glove. Right shoe.
Wrong story. Wrong alibi.
[full band slam, screamed]
Truth bleeds out
When the coward meets my eye

[Chorus]

[Outro]
[guitar solo over melodic chords]
Case file closes, ink still warm
Sunrise cracks the city’s form
One more ghost can finally sleep
I walk on
Into secrets I still keep