Scratch and Sniff
Lyrics
Verse 1
The box on the table
Tickin’ like trouble
One bad move
And the whole room buckle
Red tape peel
On the warning sign
Everybody froze
When it lit up nine
I asked for the fix
They shrugged at me
Need that little tag
For the nose to see
But the stash came empty
Hands came bare
No one in the building
Had a sticker there
Pre-Chorus
Now it’s breath held tight
And the clock won’t pause
One small scent
Could save the cause
I hear that hum
Under the floor
One more second
Then it wants more
Chorus
Scratch and sniff
Scratch and sniff
Give it something
Before it lifts
Scratch and sniff
Scratch and sniff
No sticker here
So the tension sticks
Scratch and sniff
Scratch and sniff
Everybody backs
From the ticking gift
Verse 2
I hit the front desk
They said “not today”
Checked every drawer
Looked every way
Lost and found
Just paper and dust
A broken badge
And a rusted trust
My homie laughed
Then stopped real quick
When the whole damn shell
Went click-click-click
I said “don’t play
This ain’t a joke”
Even the air felt
Thin as smoke
Pre-Chorus
Now it’s breath held tight
And the clock won’t pause
One small scent
Could save the cause
I hear that hum
Under the floor
One more second
Then it wants more
Chorus
Scratch and sniff
Scratch and sniff
Give it something
Before it lifts
Scratch and sniff
Scratch and sniff
No sticker here
So the tension sticks
Scratch and sniff
Scratch and sniff
Everybody backs
From the ticking gift
Bridge
Then I hit that scream
Like a siren wound
“Somebody find one!”
In the whole damn room
But the shelves stayed cold
And the hands stayed clean
Just a ticking beast
And a dead-end scene
Final Chorus
Scratch and sniff
Scratch and sniff
Give it something
Before it lifts
Scratch and sniff
Scratch and sniff
No sticker here
So the tension sticks
Scratch and sniff
Scratch and sniff
I’m one step back
From the final shift
Scratch and sniff
Scratch and sniff
Still no sticker
So it doesn’t quit