Dante's Scar

Dante came home bone-tired

Dust in his lungs, truth in his teeth

Afghanistan in the rearview

Iraq still crawling under his skin

He kissed the porch like a ghost

Then the world came to collect its debt

A bullet through the safe-house silence

And the night said, "You ain't done yet"

He watched the ceiling split

He heard his brother's name

A piece of shit took everything

But couldn't take the flame

You can't drag Dante down

You can't drag Dante down

Hell knows his face now

Hell knows his face now

He was built for the storm

He was built for the storm

Devil, keep your distance

Dante won't fall

His brother fell to a coward

Cold ground, bare hands, no justice

He carried that rage like shrapnel

Under the ribs, under the bruises

Demons came with their sweet talk

Offered him peace in a blackened robe

He spat blood at the mirror

Said, "I still got a road"

He watched the ceiling split

He heard his brother's name

A piece of shit took everything

But couldn't take the flame

You can't drag Dante down

You can't drag Dante down

Hell knows his face now

Hell knows his face now

He was built for the storm

He was built for the storm

Devil, keep your distance

Dante won't fall

Let the red keep rising

Let the grave keep calling

He walked through fire for the living

With a heart that keeps on warning

If the dead want company

Tell them he'll arrive in time

But he won't kneel in the dark

He'll turn that dark into a line

You can't drag Dante down

You can't drag Dante down

Hell knows his face now

Hell knows his face now

He was built for the storm

He was built for the storm

Devil, keep your distance

Dante won't fall

Fuck around and find out!