Verse 1 Two kids driving, backroad heat College radio, dead-end beat Rusty truck breathing down their lane Personalized plates spelling pain Headlights flash, it won’t pass by Just rides your bumper like it knows you’ll die Pre-Chorus Pipe screams open in the dirt Wrapped bodies hanging, stitched and hurt Church out back with a screaming floor Too late now—you opened the door Chorus DON’T LOOK BACK IT SMELLS YOUR FEAR EYES SKIN WINGS HARVEST YEAR RUN SCREAM PRAY TWENTY THREE DAYS IT TAKES WHAT IT NEEDS THEN FADES AWAY Verse 2 Scarecrow standing way too tall Breathes real slow, starts to crawl Bat wings snap from a broken spine Face carved out like a warning sign Every flaw makes the menu change It eats you based on what it hates “WHERE’D YOU GET THOSE EYES?” — THE ROAD GOES SILENT Pre-Chorus Sniffs your heart through blood and bone Knows your weakness like its own Not revenge, not divine decree Just a cycle feeding endlessly Chorus DON’T LOOK BACK IT SMELLS YOUR FEAR EYES SKIN WINGS HARVEST YEAR RUN SCREAM PRAY TWENTY THREE DAYS IT TAKES WHAT IT NEEDS THEN FADES AWAY Bridge / Breakdown PIPE—TRUCK BLACK—SKY WINGS—UNFURL SAY—GOODBYE (guttural) SMELL SELECT SEVER Final Chorus PRAY—FOR—DAWN IT WON’T HELP FLIES—UNTIL HUNGER’S FELT HIDE—OR—BLEED NO DEFENSE WHEN IT WANTS WHAT YOU ARE Outro Cornfields quiet, engine gone Twenty-three days till it’s back on Road stays empty, fear remains— Next harvest’s already picking names.
