[Verse 1]
Used to tip my hat
Help folks cross that road
Now I watch them stumble
Face-first in the snow
I held doors, held tongues
Held back every fight
This fucked-up little planet
Taught me how to bite
[Chorus]
This good man gone mean
Baptized in gasoline
You lit me up, now watch me burn
You begged for hell, it’s my turn
This good man gone mean
Blood on my worn blue jeans
You carved your name into my scars
Now I’m draggin’ you through the dark
[Verse 2]
I fed mouths that mocked me
Put coats on their backs
They laughed in my kitchen
While I fell through the cracks
You want mercy from a monster?
You built him, brick by brick
Every lie, every boot heel
Turned my faith to spit
[Chorus]
This good man gone mean
Baptized in gasoline
You lit me up, now watch me burn
You begged for hell, it’s my turn
This good man gone mean
Blood on my worn blue jeans
You carved your name into my scars
Now I’m draggin’ you through the dark
[Bridge]
Say your prayers to your plastic saints
They ain’t comin’, they never came
I did my time in the church pew cage
Now I’m brimstone, barbed wire rage
You want a savior? Should’ve spared him
You fucking killed him in the dirt
What’s left of me is teeth and venom
Whiskey, grief, and hurt
[Chorus]
This good man gone mean
Baptized in gasoline
You lit me up, now watch me burn
You begged for hell, it’s my turn
This good man gone mean
Blood on my worn blue jeans
You carved your name into my scars
Now I’m draggin’ you through the dark
[Outro]
[Choir swelling, low to towering]
Let the devils sing my story
(amen, amen)
A kind heart cracked to glory
(again, again)
I was your lamb, now I’m your curse
Your cruel world made it worse
Good man
Gone
Mean