[Intro] [Hard start, no fade in, cowbell alone counting, footsteps on metal stairs] [Pitched down whisper] One Two Three Four [Verse 1] [Pitched down formant rap, low gritty warm, half time 808, breath audible] Thumb off the socket and the red light gone First time in years that I'm walking alone One human eye and it's tired and it's slow But nobody's watching and nobody knows Old soldier trick when the maps go black Know your stride, count your steps, never double back Seventy centimeters every time the boot lands Heading by the rain and the math in my hands [Hook] [Gang chant, bitcrushed, full cowbell and 808 groove] Step, count Step, count Heading due south Blood in my mouth Step, count Nobody finds out [Verse 2] [Pitched down formant rap, vinyl scratch every fourth bar] Four hundred steps down the service stair Turn to the east where the fans push air Six hundred more and the rain swings left That's the old canal and I'm right on my guess Scout in the stairwell, flashlight on his gun Light makes him easy, I don't need one (Three, four) I count his breathing, three steps, then four Open his throat and I'm counting some more [Hook] [Gang chant, bitcrushed, full cowbell and 808 groove] Step, count Step, count Heading due south Blood in my mouth Step, count Nobody finds out [Bridge] [All drums out, cowbell alone counting, rain] [Pitched down whisper, breath audible] Eight hundred forty Eight hundred forty one You'd have known this road [Verse 3] [Faster rap, sixteenth note flow, stop and start with tape halts] Every step I count got a little lie inside Half a centimeter off and it multiplies Thousand steps later that's a doorway wrong Ten thousand later and the building's gone But a wrong door's better than a door they see I'd rather be lost than have them walking with me Doc Halver in the ward where they strapped me down Heading north by the rain and I'm counting him down [Final Hook] [Harder drop, full saturation, all elements in] Step, count Step, count Heading due south Blood in my mouth Step, count Counting Halver down [Outro] [Cowbell alone counting, footsteps fading] [Pitched down whisper] Step one thousand Still dark Still counting
