[Verse 1]
I left my name by the gate
Took a cracked canteen and faith
Three days chewing dust and bone
No road left to call my own
The sun was a white hot nail
My tongue was a leather trail
I heard my boots beg slow
Then the dunes began to glow
[Pre-Chorus]
I fell to my knees
You came to me
Black suit, black smile
Standing in the heat
[Chorus]
You gave me gold
You gave me rain
You gave me a house
You gave me my name
I took the deal
I said I’d stay
Then it all turned
To dust and haze
Made a deal with the devil
One I shouldn’t have made
I had it all
Then it slipped away
[Verse 2]
You said, “Son, sign here
And I’ll clear your fear”
So I sold my shake
For a clean new face
You put stars in my hands
Put a crown in the sand
Put my wife back home
In a dress of gold
I ran to the place
Where the promise lay
But the fence was gone
And the wells were fake
[Pre-Chorus]
I called your name
You laughed like flame
Said, “Everything you want
Has your taste and shape”
[Chorus]
You gave me gold
You gave me rain
You gave me a house
You gave me my name
I took the deal
I said I’d stay
Then it all turned
To dust and haze
Satan hand burned
Right through my soul
I had it all
Then it slipped away
[Bridge]
Now I see it clear
In the broken air
Every prize you sold me
Was a prayer that bled
The wife, the wells, the walls
All the soft safe walls
Were a shimmer line
On a fevered road
[Chorus]
You gave me gold
You gave me rain
You gave me a house
You gave me my name
I took the deal
I said I’d stay
Then it all turned
To dust and haze
I looked for god
Found only waste
I had it all
Then it slipped away
zed
