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Intro
Footsteps on the wet pavement getting closer every night The door that used to open easy now sticks in the frame
Verse 1
I built it with the code that kept the lights on when the rent was due Smiled at the ones I crossed while I counted what I knew Late nights on the corner where the rain hid every sound Deals made in the shadows where the truth got pushed down One name I should have never let inside the circle line Now the pages in the ledger turn themselves at night Old numbers calling from phones I don't recognize The same blocks I ran now feel like they got eyes Every flickering street light feels like it's tracking my pace The quiet in the room got a pulse I can't erase The things I put in motion started finding their way home The game I played for keeps now wants its turn to roam
Chorus
Karma knows your address It don't need a key or a name on the door Karma knows your house What you fed it good or bad it comes knocking for more It finds you when the phone goes dark or after the win When the mirror shows a stranger wearing your skin Karma knows you Good or bad karma knows
Verse 2
First the dreams started ending with the same face at the end Then the old names started showing up around the bend A text with no sender, a knock at the wrong time The favors I called in now feel like a crime I told myself it was business, just the price of staying alive But the reflection in the window started looking like a lie The code that fed the family now is the chain around my throat The ones I helped disappear started walking down my road Every siren in the distance sounds like it's calling my role Every locked door feels like it's guarding my soul The weapon I trusted most was the silence I became Now it's writing the verdict with no one else to blame
Chorus
Karma knows your address It don't need a key or a name on the door Karma knows your house What you fed it good or bad it comes knocking for more It finds you when the phone goes dark or after the win When the mirror shows a stranger wearing your skin Karma knows you Good or bad karma knows
Bridge
I ain't looking for mercy, I know the bill is mine Just didn't think it would show up in the place I hide The thing I built to protect me turned into the thing I fear Now it's standing at the threshold and it knows I'm here
Chorus
Karma knows your address It don't need a key or a name on the door Karma knows your house What you fed it good or bad it comes knocking for more It finds you when the phone goes dark or after the win When the mirror shows a stranger wearing your skin Karma knows you Good or bad karma knows
Outro
Karma knows your address
Inside the recording
Footsteps on the wet pavement getting closer every night The door that used to open easy now sticks in the frame
Karma knows your address It don't need a key or a name on the door
Karma knows your address
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