[Verse 1]
Got these cracked leather boots
Dust from a hundred towns
Burned up maps in my pocket
Names I can’t write down
Border stamps and bar tabs
Cheap rings
Heavy on my hand
Every mile carved a mark
Every scar drew a new line in this man
[Chorus]
I’m just gravel roads and thunder
Chain smoke in my lungs
Prayer on my tongue
But it’s torn asunder
I keep leaning into lightning
Till it sets my shadow free
If the dark is getting deeper
Then it’s gonna go down with me
(oh it’s gonna go down with me)
[Verse 2]
She left her necklace in My place
Cold shine on a bathroom sink
Said
“You love the leaving
Baby
More than you’ll ever love a ring”
Now my phone’s full of faces
I can’t call and I won’t explain
I just pour one for the memories
And one more for the weight of the game
[Chorus]
I’m just gravel roads and thunder
Chain smoke in my lungs
Prayer on my tongue
But it’s torn asunder
I keep leaning into lightning
Till it sets my shadow free
If the dark is getting deeper
Then it’s gonna go down with me
(yeah it’s gonna go down with me)
[Bridge]
I’ve been the fist
I’ve been the bottle
I’ve been the saint
Stuck on full throttle
If there’s a reckoning
Waiting up ahead
I’ll tune my heart
To the echo of the voices in my head
(hey—sing it back to me)
[Chorus]
(Sing it back, sing it back!
Just one more time for me)
I’m just gravel roads and thunder
Chain smoke in my lungs
Prayer on my tongue
But it’s torn asunder
I keep leaning into lightning
Till it sets my shadow free
If the dark is getting deeper
Then it’s gonna go down with me
Gonna go down with me
(gonna go, gonna go down with me)
[Guitar Solo]
[Final Chorus]
[riff modulation up two full steps lead guitar wails, moans and cry’s that turn into uncomfortable laughter, shredding to the climax]
(Sing it back, sing it back!
Just one more time for me)
I’m just gravel roads and thunder
Chain smoke in my lungs
Prayer on my tongue
But it’s torn asunder
I keep leaning into lightning
Till it sets my shadow free
If the dark is getting deeper
Then it’s gonna go down with me
Gonna go down with me
(Unlike you, it’s gonna go down on me)
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
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