Devil On My Back 2.0

I got whiskey in my veins, demons in my past

Tryna outrun the storm, but the pain's too fast

Took a left down a road I should've never walked

Now the voices in my head got a southern drawl

Mama tried to tell me, Boy, don't play with fire

But I lit the match just to feel inspired

Now I'm knee-deep in sins that I can't erase

But I keep on prayin', hope it ain't too late

Tired of fightin', tired of runnin

Every mile, my soul gets numb and

I been fallin', I been breakin

Tryna climb out but I keep on sinkin

I got a devil on my back and an angel in the wind

Tryna pull me out but I keep fallin' in

Lord, I don't know if I'll make it in the end

But I keep on runnin', I keep on runnin' again

I been walkin' through the valley, barely breathin' at all

Every step that I take, I hear the Reaper call

Ain't no mercy in the dirt when you live like this

Either drown in the guilt or you fight to exist

I seen good men die for the life I chased

Seen a preacher turn cold when he lost his faith

Seen my own damn brother put a gun to his face

So don't tell me 'bout hell-I done seen that place

Maybe I was meant for more

Maybe I was born to lose

Maybe every wrong I've done

Was just another scar to prove

I got scars on my knuckles from the fights I lost

Every bridge that I burned, man, I count the cost

Used to pray to the ceiling when the nights got long

Now I'm singin' my pain in a broken song

Daddy left when I turned seven, said he'd be back

But the bottle took him further down a one-way track

So I learned real quick how to swallow the hurt

Put my faith in the mud and my trust in the dirt