Something lurking that don't sleep Lurching like an ape waiting to leap Says the face I wear is just a clever ruse That the line was never mine to choose The Thing (the Thing) It's on my heels The Thing (the Thing) It's spinning It's spinning in the reels Sharper Faster Meaner It's dark and I can't see I know I got it in me But here's The Thing It wears the faces of those who doubt Weighs the silence, reads the numbers out Bigger than life and hanging on my neck The faster I drive, the harder I wreck The Thing (the Thing) It's on my heels The Thing (the Thing) It's spinning It's spinning in the reels Sharper Faster Meaner Its dark and I can't see I know I got it in me But here's The Thing Stopped and turned around There was nothing on the ground Just a shape for me to recognize Long and thin and only my own size The light is shining at my back The dark was never in the track The Thing (the Thing) It's on my heels The Thing (the Thing) It's spinning In the reels Sharper Faster Meaner Its dark and I can't see I know I got it in me But here's the thing... Ain't afraid of closing my own door Or living in my shadow anymore I am The Thing
