Praying for your killer

Name: Praying for your killer
Duration: 222 s
Description: Praying for your killer by mBaileyz. From the artist’s lyric sheet: “Praying for your killer Praying for your killer Not because he deserves it but because I can't carry…”

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Intro

Engine idling outside the repass lights Program folded in my lap with the names still wet

Verse 1

The yard had folding tables and aluminum pans Aunties passing plates like the food could fill the hole Your picture on the easel smiling like it knew something I sat in the car with the AC on full blast Watching the same faces that used to call us both Now they look at me like I owe them a body Your killer's people stayed on their side of the street His little brother kept his head down the whole time I counted the seconds between each car that passed Every one sounded like it might be coming for me next The same corner where we used to split a bottle Now has your name on a shirt in every window I bought gas I didn't need just to stay moving The cashier asked if I was good and I lied with a nod The prayer came out before I could stop it from forming

Chorus

Praying for your killer Praying for your killer Not because he deserves it but because I can't carry both Praying for your killer When the block expects something colder Praying for your killer

Verse 2

Morning came and the group chat was already hot Names I used to trust typing things that used to be mine I drove the long way to avoid the corner where it happened The flowers from yesterday already turning brown in the sun Saw his mother at the light holding a grocery bag She looked at my car like she was counting the doors I kept my hands on the wheel where she could see them The glovebox stayed closed the whole ride home Phone lit up with "you good" from people who don't mean it I typed nothing back and let it go to black Every siren in the distance felt personal I turned the radio off and let the silence sit The prayer was still sitting on my tongue

Chorus

Praying for your killer Praying for your killer The same hands that wanted blood now won't close right Praying for your killer Even when the mirror calls me weak Praying for your killer

Bridge

I keep saying it's for the one we lost But the truth is the streets already won if I pull that trigger Your killer is somebody's son too Same heat that rose off both our blocks If I send him where you went then who prays for me when it's my turn So I'm praying for your killer Because the only way out is through the same door

Chorus

Praying for your killer Praying for your killer Now the words feel like the only thing heavier than the gun Praying for your killer When the code says otherwise Praying for your killer

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