Shadows in the Cypher

Rats in the gutter, schemes on the low. Midnight whispers where the cold winds blow. Snakes shed skins, they creep so slow. Eyes like wolves, they feast on the glow. Darkness hums where the spirits collide. Rhymes sharp as daggers slicing the tide. Heavy on the chest, no place to confide. Roll with the shadows where the secrets hide. Grime on my soul, chain rust to throw. Pages burn black from the words I wrote. Echo in the chamber, a phantom quote. Life hangs on even a sinking boat. Sins weave knots in a treacherous loom. Blood moons rise, harbingers of doom. Fate shakes bones while the eight o' eight's bloom. Truth left for dead in the back of the Room. Darkness hums where the spirits collide. Rhymes sharp as daggers slicing the tide. Heavy on the chest, no place to confide. Roll with the shadows where the secrets hide. Faded faces drift through the black. Dreams dissolve in the devil's track. Hope tattooed with a permanent crack. Never look back, never look back.