Echoes and Broken Dreams

I been drinkin’ down guilt with a backroom grin

As love was walking out, I let lust walk in

Tangled in hotel beds and motel-stained sheets

With names I’ve forgotten, and others I regret to repeat

Played my hand like a gambler, like born in sin

I swore I’d change, shit, then I did it all again

I don’t really lie or cheat, I just bend what’s true

Till the hurt feels so sweet, and the guilt feels almost new

So please save some forgiveness for me

A man chasing desire’s a man that can’t be free

My compass is cracked, darling, these hands are made for sin

And grace feels as far as it’s ever been

I gave ‘em my lines like a poet in pain

But that damn punchline always hits like midnight train

They held on tight while I slipped through the seams

Left them behind holding echoes and broken dreams

So please save some forgiveness for me

A man chasing desire’s a man that can’t be free

My compass is cracked, darling, these hands are made for sin

And grace feels as far as it’s ever been

Now the mirror don’t lie like it used to do

It just shows a man split right in two

One wants heaven, the other’s a rebel thief

Both beg for mercy — depends on which one I feed

One’s dying to change, the other’s dying to bury me

And maybe when the smoke clears out

I’ll lay out my sins on a solid vow

But till that day, I drift through shallow shame

Humming old songs in another stranger’s fame

So please save some forgiveness for me

A man chasing desire’s a man that can’t be free

My compass is cracked, darling, these hands are made for sin

And grace feels as far as it’s ever been

So please save some forgiveness for me