diff --git a/grammar.js b/grammar.js
index 0f48377..8bff710 100644
--- a/grammar.js
+++ b/grammar.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const PREC = {
   COMMENT: -2,
   EOL: -1,
+  TEXT_BLOCK_CONTENT: -1,
   UNQUOTED_STRING: 0,
   CONTAINER: 2,
   CONNECTION: 2,
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ module.exports = grammar({
           optional(
             choice(
               seq($.dot, alias($._style_attribute, $.attribute)),
-              seq(optional(seq($._colon, optional($.label))))
+              seq(optional(seq($._colon, choice($.label, $.text_block))))
             )
           )
         )
@@ -123,6 +124,21 @@ module.exports = grammar({
         )
       ),
 
+    text_block: ($) =>
+      choice(
+        seq("|", $._text_block_definition, "|"),
+        // References: https://github.com/terrastruct/d2-vim
+        seq("|`", $._text_block_definition, "`|")
+      ),
+
+    _text_block_definition: ($) =>
+      seq(optional($.language), $._eol, optional($.text_block_content)),
+
+    text_block_content: ($) =>
+      repeat1(token(prec(PREC.TEXT_BLOCK_CONTENT, /.*?[^`|]/))),
+
+    language: ($) => /\w+/,
+
     // attributes
 
     _root_attribute: ($) =>
@@ -260,7 +276,7 @@ module.exports = grammar({
     dot: ($) => token("."),
 
     _unquoted_string: ($) =>
-      token(prec(PREC.UNQUOTED_STRING, /[^'"`\n\s;{}]([^\n;{}]*[^\n\s;{}])?/)),
+      token(prec(PREC.UNQUOTED_STRING, /[^'"`|\n\s;{}]([^\n;{}]*[^\n\s;{}])?/)),
 
     string: ($) =>
       choice(
diff --git a/src/grammar.json b/src/grammar.json
index ad3b555..767bdf0 100644
--- a/src/grammar.json
+++ b/src/grammar.json
@@ -442,7 +442,8 @@
                                     "name": "label"
                                   },
                                   {
-                                    "type": "BLANK"
+                                    "type": "SYMBOL",
+                                    "name": "text_block"
                                   }
                                 ]
                               }
@@ -506,6 +507,96 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "text_block": {
+      "type": "CHOICE",
+      "members": [
+        {
+          "type": "SEQ",
+          "members": [
+            {
+              "type": "STRING",
+              "value": "|"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "SYMBOL",
+              "name": "_text_block_definition"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "STRING",
+              "value": "|"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "SEQ",
+          "members": [
+            {
+              "type": "STRING",
+              "value": "|`"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "SYMBOL",
+              "name": "_text_block_definition"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "STRING",
+              "value": "`|"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "_text_block_definition": {
+      "type": "SEQ",
+      "members": [
+        {
+          "type": "CHOICE",
+          "members": [
+            {
+              "type": "SYMBOL",
+              "name": "language"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "BLANK"
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "SYMBOL",
+          "name": "_eol"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "CHOICE",
+          "members": [
+            {
+              "type": "SYMBOL",
+              "name": "text_block_content"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "BLANK"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "text_block_content": {
+      "type": "REPEAT1",
+      "content": {
+        "type": "TOKEN",
+        "content": {
+          "type": "PREC",
+          "value": -1,
+          "content": {
+            "type": "PATTERN",
+            "value": ".*?[^`|]"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "language": {
+      "type": "PATTERN",
+      "value": "\\w+"
+    },
     "_root_attribute": {
       "type": "SEQ",
       "members": [
@@ -1103,7 +1194,7 @@
         "value": 0,
         "content": {
           "type": "PATTERN",
-          "value": "[^'\"`\\n\\s;{}]([^\\n;{}]*[^\\n\\s;{}])?"
+          "value": "[^'\"`|\\n\\s;{}]([^\\n;{}]*[^\\n\\s;{}])?"
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/src/node-types.json b/src/node-types.json
index 419c1eb..f39fe3c 100644
--- a/src/node-types.json
+++ b/src/node-types.json
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@
         {
           "type": "shape_key",
           "named": true
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "text_block",
+          "named": true
         }
       ]
     }
@@ -270,6 +274,30 @@
     "named": true,
     "fields": {}
   },
+  {
+    "type": "text_block",
+    "named": true,
+    "fields": {},
+    "children": {
+      "multiple": true,
+      "required": false,
+      "types": [
+        {
+          "type": "language",
+          "named": true
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "text_block_content",
+          "named": true
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "text_block_content",
+    "named": true,
+    "fields": {}
+  },
   {
     "type": "\u0000",
     "named": false
@@ -298,6 +326,10 @@
     "type": "`",
     "named": false
   },
+  {
+    "type": "`|",
+    "named": false
+  },
   {
     "type": "animated",
     "named": false
@@ -342,6 +374,10 @@
     "type": "label",
     "named": false
   },
+  {
+    "type": "language",
+    "named": true
+  },
   {
     "type": "line_comment",
     "named": true
@@ -394,6 +430,14 @@
     "type": "{",
     "named": false
   },
+  {
+    "type": "|",
+    "named": false
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "|`",
+    "named": false
+  },
   {
     "type": "}",
     "named": false
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index e34cffa..bc09a54 100644
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diff --git a/test/corpus/shape.txt b/test/corpus/shape.txt
index d0846f2..2ff0098 100644
--- a/test/corpus/shape.txt
+++ b/test/corpus/shape.txt
@@ -109,3 +109,74 @@ Use quoted string as shape key and label
   (shape (shape_key (string)) (label (string)))
 )
 
+================================================================================
+Basic text block
+================================================================================
+foo: |
+  - hello
+|
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(source_file
+  (shape
+    (shape_key)
+    (text_block
+      (text_block_content)
+    )
+  )
+)
+
+================================================================================
+Text block with specific language
+================================================================================
+foo: |go
+
+  awsSession := From(c.Request.Context())
+
+  client := s3.New(awsSession)
+
+
+  ctx, cancelFn := context.WithTimeout(c.Request.Context(), AWS_TIMEOUT)
+
+  defer cancelFn()
+|
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(source_file
+  (shape
+    (shape_key)
+    (text_block
+      (language)
+      (text_block_content)
+    )
+  )
+)
+
+================================================================================
+Text block with quotes (d2-vim style)
+================================================================================
+foo: |`go
+
+  awsSession := From(c.Request.Context())
+
+  client := s3.New(awsSession)
+
+
+  ctx, cancelFn := context.WithTimeout(c.Request.Context(), AWS_TIMEOUT)
+
+  defer cancelFn()
+`|
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(source_file
+  (shape
+    (shape_key)
+    (text_block
+      (language)
+      (text_block_content)
+    )
+  )
+)
diff --git a/tree-sitter-d2.wasm b/tree-sitter-d2.wasm
index b1090db..024038d 100755
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