**[Hook]** Fog so thick, torch lit, we be movin' through the pines, rain sideways, no brakes, we been readin' all the signs, kings of the forest, pullin' crowns from the ground, one flush, one night, we got kings by the pound. **[Verse 1]** Rolled back slow in the Caddy, packed heavy, bags steady, food in the back and the [?], engine hummin' like it's ready, killed the lights down the road, didn't creep to the door, 'cause the storm's talkin' loud and we know what it's for. Hopped out, boots sunk, torches up high, beams slicin' through the fog like they're cuttin' the sky, wind howlin', we ain't flinchin', we just blast right through, every drop on the ground means the kings pushin' too. Hunt 'em in the duff where the moss got a hump, fat brown caps, white stems, feel the heart start to thump, gotta read the dirt slow, can't rush what's grown, night shift in the woods and the forest's our own. **[Hook]** **[Verse 2]** Then Dani stops cold, torch low, don't move, whisper through the rain like she's found somethin' true, there it is, thick stem, cap wide as a palm, sittin' in the needles like it's been there all along. I'm steppin' in slow, don't crush what's round, 'cause where there's one king there's a crown in the ground, she's grinnin' in the beam, rain drippin' off her hood, first find of the night, yeah, the forest been good. Knife out, twist clean, lift it up to the light, brown cap shinin' wet in the middle of the night, storm still ragin' but it's quiet right here, just me, her, the fog, and the kings everywhere. **[Hook]** **[Verse 3]** Somewhere in the dark we drifted, split apart, head down huntin', lost the sound of her heart, just me and the drip and the moss and the mud, then my light starts flickerin', dimmin' like it's done. Tap it on my palm, get a pulse, then it fades, and that's when I hear it, footsteps in the shade, left side, right side, circlin' slow, stop when I stop, move when I go. So I turn it around, walk the trail I made, every snap in the brush got my breath delayed, it's still out there, pacin' just outta sight, then I see her flame, and it's comin' from the right. Dani wavin' torch from the way I came through, but the noise up ahead ain't slowin', it's new, she's behind me, so whatever's in front, it's been walkin' with me the whole damn hunt. **[Outro]** Fog so thick, torch lit, but we ain't movin' through the pines, rain sideways, both still, we been readin' all the signs, kings of the forest, somethin' walkin' the ground, one step, two steps, then it don't make a— *(silence)*
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