The Tell-Tale Flow II, Edgar Allan Flow

[Intro – Whispered, erratic] You hear that…? No… No no no— It stopped. I know it stopped. …I made sure of that. So why— why does it still beat? Edgar… Allan… Flow. [Beat Drop – slow heartbeat] [Verse 1] Floorboards clean, not a trace left behind Every movement measured, every step aligned No witness, no blood, no reason to fear But the silence ain’t silent when the sound is still here Tick in my chest but it’s not my own Like a pulse beneath the marrow and bone Every second louder than the last one grew I buried the body— …but I buried the truth. [Hook] Thump… thump… hear it under the floor Thump… thump… louder than before Thump… thump… knocking at the core You can hide the body… but the heart keeps score. Thump… thump… creeping in the walls Thump… thump… echo through the halls Thump… thump… answering my calls I ain’t hearing things— I’m just hearing it all. [Verse 2] Eyes wide open but the room feels tight Shadows moving when I look away slight Every corner got a whisper inside Every silence got a place it can hide I laugh once just to prove I’m sane But the echo comes back with a different name Sounds like guilt in a hollow tone Like the dead still claiming what I thought I owned. [Bridge – heartbeat builds] Thump—thump—thump— Too loud now THUMP—THUMP—THUMP— It won’t drown Hands to my ears but it’s still inside No place left for the truth to hide [Final Verse – breaking point] Rip the boards up, tear the truth out Can’t outrun what I built this route Madness ain’t loud—it creeps in slow Starts as a whisper… then it takes control You think it’s silence when the world goes still But guilt don’t sleep and it never will Every beat is a sentence now And the judge lives deep where I won’t go. [Outro – fading heartbeat] Thump… thump… thump… …I told you it stopped. …I told you.