I was 25 when I met Daryl Arcenaux. We was in a truck stop in lower Alabama. I noticed him cause he had them bandages on one gets after a fresh tattoo. I asked him if I could see it. He said Man, what this tattoo stands for is none of your goddamn business, but have you ever considered robbing banks?

Made their way through Mobil

Came up quick to Lacassine

I said they made their way through Mobil

Came up quick in Lacassine

In a silver El Camino

Darkest eyes I'd ever seen

We'd hit em early in the morning. Catch the clerk as she was unlocking the door. Sometimes we'd we wear mask. Sometimes we wouldn't. After a while I guess it's all the same. Another man taking what he thinks is owed to him. Like the safe and everything in it

Well the darkness awaits me

Calls my name in the early morn

Yeah, I said the darkness awaits me

Calls my name in the early morn

Oh, I can't tell which is worse

Dying slow or being born

You don't realize it at first. That you've been shot. A sharp pressure in my side and I knew we were surrounded. They cuffed me and that's when I saw him. You see much like the cobra on his forearm, death is a permanent thing.