[Intro] You locked the door He don’t use doors He uses time [Verse 1] Night cut in half by a porch light White house, black glass, somebody’s kid on a shift I seen the hedge move like it learned a name No speech No motive in the mouth Just a walk that don’t get tired Kitchen quiet Counter talking Something long and cheap waiting where the mail used to sit You call it a man I call it a shape that found a body And kept the receipt [Chorus] The Shape Don’t run Don’t blink Don’t wait on a reason The Shape He don’t clock out He don’t confess He just arrives Again [Verse 2] Babysitter streets, leaf bags, that one window lit Everybody thinks the siren is a movie Till the movie sits in the driveway Mask like a debt Breath like a draft under the door You stabbed the air You swore it dropped Then the credits lied Ten years, twenty Same walk Same quiet Same kitchen I rap this so you hear the footsteps in the bar Not so you sleep [Chorus] The Shape Don’t run Don’t blink Don’t wait on a reason The Shape He don’t clock out He don’t confess He just arrives Again [Bridge] No origin speech No sad childhood verse That’s a courtesy he don’t offer You want a why He brought a when And the when is now And the now don’t end [Verse 3] I keep the porch light on out of spite Not hope Hope is how he finds the glass If you see a blank face at the end of the hall Don’t ask it for a song Don’t ask it for a soul Ask the floor for a second Then spend it leaving He’ll still be there That’s the whole verse [Final Chorus] The Shape Don’t run Don’t blink Don’t wait on a reason The Shape He don’t clock out He don’t confess He just arrives Again Again The Shape [Outro] Credits roll He don’t
