I Still Don’t Kneel

Verse 1
Badge in the dash and a half-burned match in the tray
I was raised on a razor’s edge of a debt I never could pay—
Pay no mind to the county line sign bending in the wind
Where the pine trees lean like they’re listening in

In the hollow of a throttle full of borrowed time
I was riding that dividing yellow line—
Line gets thinner when your sinner side grins
And your shadow don’t follow, just swallows your sins

Pre-Chorus
They say lay low, stay slow, let it all heal
But steel don’t feel and I still don’t kneel

Chorus
I’m outlaw bound, dust cloud crown,
King of the lost and the never-back-down—
Down in the valley where the rally cries wail
And the jailhouse blues set sail
on a pale moon rising, surprising the night
I was born in the scorn of a barroom fight—
Fight me or write me off, I will
But I still don’t kneel

Verse 2
Black hat flat on a map with a crack in the fold
Every road I’ve rode got a story untold—
Told my mama I’m a comma in a long run-on
Sentence of repentance I keep leaning on

On the brink with a drink and a think too loud
In a crowd full of doubt I stand my ground
Bow to no throne of chrome or fame
I was branded in a thunder roll of coal and flame

Flame turns ember, remember my name
When the rain hits tin and it sings that same
old hymn of the dim street light
Where wrong feels strong and right feels slight

Pre-Chorus
They say lay low, stay slow, let it all heal
But steel don’t feel and I still don’t kneel

Chorus
I’m outlaw bound, dust cloud crown,
King of the lost and the never-back-down—
Down in the valley where the rally cries wail
And the jailhouse blues set sail
on a pale moon rising, surprising the night
I was born in the scorn of a barroom fight—
Fight me or write me off, I will
But I still don’t kneel

Bridge
From Crowe to crowbar, I pry these bars apart
Heart in the dark where the spark won’t start—
Start to finish, diminish my doubt
I’ll burn out long before I ever bow down

Out in the drought of a truth half-told
I sold my soul for a song this bold—
Bold enough to hold my will
And I still don’t kneel

Outlaw country with rap-style internal rhymes, gritty vocals, catchy intro beat