Too Far Gone

You can't outrun your sins by walking straight For the better half of who i am i've been the widow maker's face A ten-cent man, a gallows friend With blood on my breath and on the wind You can't outlive your name by playing safe Ain't no matter how sewn up when you're lying on the bed you made So raise the wood and drive the nails, i save no mercy for myself tonight I'm too far gone, and far too young to be undone As these bullets pierce my flesh they take me home where i belong As these bullets pierce my flesh they take me home where i belong Tied up, blinded eyes, they lead me to the graze Cold hands force me down to speak last few words to a nameless grave My guilt weighs but i ain't shamed cause apathy's my double-speak tonight I'm too far gone, and far too young to be undone As these bullets pierce my flesh they take me home where i belong As these bullets pierce my flesh they take me home where i belong I cheated the devil on a midnight dun I was a dead man sooner than the setting sun I put to death a million sons unsung in a winter grave The preacher said i'm a sinner born and he'll mend my wrongs if i mean my word The lives i've torn and the blood i've born would be forgotten in a well of grace "Bless that Gospel," i replied, "but there ain't no saving me from my sins tonight No, not this time" I'm too far gone, and far too young to be undone As these bullets pierce my flesh they take me home where i belong As these bullets pierce my flesh they take me home where i belong