Demons on My Trail

Verse 1

I buried men and buried truth,

Left behind my shattered youth.

Whiskey hands and bloody gold,

A soul turned black, a heart turned cold.

I thought the past was dead and done,

But now it walks beneath the sun.

Chorus

Demons on my trail again,

Riding fast through dust and sin.

I hear their voices in the gale—

No place to hide on this lost trail.

My sins are carved in rock and rail,

And I can’t outrun their howl or wail.

Verse 2

Every town, a face I knew,

Eyes that judge and lips untrue.

I changed my name, I changed my skin,

But guilt still burns like fire within.

The mirror cracks, the shadows grow—

I feel their breath wherever I go.

Chorus

Demons on my trail again,

Riding fast through dust and sin.

I hear their voices in the gale—

No place to hide on this lost trail.

My sins are carved in rock and rail,

And I can’t outrun their howl or wail.

Bridge

No preacher’s words can set me free,

No church can drown what lives in me.

The grave won’t grant a man like me

A quiet end or dignity.

Final Chorus

Demons on my trail again,

No mercy left, no honest friend.

I ride alone through ash and hail—

A cursed man on a ghostbound tr