[Intro — whispered] Wind changed. Birds went quiet. Something out there knows my name. [Verse 1] I've got a mouthful of copper And a pocket full of teeth Got a little black book Of everything that bleeds I've tracked them through the winter I've watched them learn to pray There's a special kind of silence When a man becomes the prey No antlers on the mantel No pretty head to hang Just a pair of human eyes And the satisfaction of the chase [Pre-Chorus — building] Run. Give me a reason. Give me a boundary. Give me something I can cross. Run. I want the panic. I want the heartbeat. I want to hear you When you're lost. [Chorus — explosive] THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME! I put a name to the terror I put a price on the pain I made a kingdom of the killing Now I'm calling out again THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME! I want the one who got away I want the shadow in the trees I want the bastard who can smell me When I'm down here on my knees [Verse 2] Tripwire singing in the briars Steel jaw buried in the mud A little ingenuity A little taste for blood I remember the snapping I remember the sky I remember being certain That the animal would die Then the earth came up to meet me Then the stars began to spin Then I saw my own hands reaching From the other side of the skin [Breakdown — slow, disjointed] Wrong end of the rifle. Wrong side of the trail. Wrong name in the mouth Of the thing that never fails. My trap. My wire. My teeth in the dirt. I built the little kingdom. I became the hurt. [Chorus — screamed, ragged] THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME! I put a name to the terror I put a price on the pain I made a kingdom of the killing Now I'm calling out again THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME! No grave can keep me still No blood can make me clean There's a man out in the darkness And he's better than he's been [Bridge — whispered, stalking] I can hear him in the branches. I can taste him in the rain. He doesn't leave a footprint. He doesn't leave a stain. I have followed him through doorways. I have followed him through sleep. He has never once looked backward. He is always out of reach. [Final Verse — accelerating] I've hunted down the highways I've hunted through the dead I've followed every whisper That crawls inside a head I know his gait. I know his breathing. I know the way he lies. I've seen him in the window With my own dead eyes. And when I finally catch him When the whole world disappears I'll put my hand upon his shoulder— And he'll vanish. And he'll vanish. And he'll— [Final Breakdown — full intensity] RUN! YOU BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL! RUN! I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU! RUN! I CAN HEAR YOUR HEART! RUN! I CAN TEAR THE WORLD APART! [Outro — whispered, fading] Wind changed. Birds went quiet. Something out there knows my name. I set the trap. I take the bait. I start again.
