

Prompt / Lyrics
There was a night when the bottle won And the devil knew my name Dashboard glow on an empty road And my heart was fallin’ like rain Radio preachin’ salvation songs But I couldn’t hear a sound Just a cold dark thought in the back of my mind Sayin’, “Son… just lay it down” Somewhere in the silence Through the whiskey and the pain I heard a voice like thunder Whisperin’ my name I was one more soul from bein’ twenty-two One more name they’d read in the evening news One more ghost in a folded flag of blue When the dark tried to claim my soul But the good Lord grabbed my shoulder Said, “Boy… you ain’t through” Now every sunrise that I see Is borrowed light I never knew Yeah… I almost woke up As number twenty-two I wear my past like a battle scar Not a chain around my neck Every mile of road behind me Is a ghost I won’t forget Some nights the shadows whisper Tryin’ to drag me back again But I remember that cold dark road And the man I almost been I was one more soul from bein’ twenty-two One more name they’d read in the evening news One more ghost in a folded flag of blue When the dark tried to claim my soul But the good Lord grabbed my shoulder Said, “Boy… you ain’t through” Now every sunrise that I see Is borrowed light I never knew Yeah… I almost woke up As number twenty-two If you’re standin’ where I stood that night With the world closin’ in on you Brother, I swear that dawn will come If you just make it through And I won’t promise easy answers Or a road without the rain But sometimes just survivin’ Is the first step outta pain I was one more soul from bein’ twenty-two One more name they’d read in the evening news One more ghost in a folded flag of blue When the dark tried to claim my soul But the good Lord grabbed my shoulder Said, “Boy… you ain’t through” Now every sunrise that I see Is borrowed light I never knew Yeah… I almost woke up As number twenty-two
Tags
male, gritty country, country, emotional
3:47
No
3/15/2026