[Verse 1]
Alarm on buzz, hit snooze, hit twice
Phone screen cracked, same boots, same ice
Rig dust sittin’ where my faith once lived
Hard hat halo with a cigarette lift
Paycheck bleed on a red past-due
Kids on my lock screen, Moe there too
Whole damn world say “man, be strong”
But the steering wheel know when I’m dead wrong
[Pre-Chorus]
Left hand on the wheel, right hand on this rage
Tryna write a prayer in the margin of the page
[Chorus]
Got an angel on my back, demon in my veins
Saint in my chest, devil in my brain
Walk that line between peace and pain
Tryna hold on while I yank that chain
If I break, I break in flames
If I stand, I stand in rain
Either way I’m screaming your name
Angel on my back, demon in my veins
[Verse 2]
Boss talk slick with his paper crown
Desk job prince tryna break me down
Steel toe hell in a rich man’s world
Oilfield dirt on a front porch dream girl
Two-week ghost in my babies’ lives
Moe say “breathe,” but the clock just bites
I ain’t tryna be no martyr song
Just a roughneck tryna right my wrongs
[Pre-Chorus]
Left hook temper, right hook shame
Shadowbox both when I say your name
[Chorus]
Got an angel on my back, demon in my veins
Saint in my chest, devil in my brain
Walk that line between peace and pain
Tryna hold on while I yank that chain
If I break, I break in flames
If I stand, I stand in rain
Either way I’m screaming your name
Angel on my back, demon in my veins
[Bridge]
If I go off the rails, let the record show
I was one bad night from the gallows row
But I pictured little hands in the kitchen light
So I threw that bottle at the wall, not my life
If the reaper wanna dance, tell him wait his turn
I got front porch plans and a field to earn
Got a woman in my corner who can read my face
When the demon in my blood start to pick up pace
[Breakdown]
War drum beating in my ribs too loud
Halo crooked but I still bow down
Teeth on edge, but I don’t back out
Turn that scream to a battle shout
[Chorus – final]
Got an angel on my back, demon in my veins
Saint in my chest, devil in my brain
Between peace and panic, I remain
Middle of the fire tryna stake my claim
If I break, I break in flames
If I stand, I stand in rain
Either way, I’m owning my name
Angel on my back, demon in my veins
evoman
