Angel on my Back, Demon in my Veins

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

Left hand on the wheel, right hand on this rage

Tryna write a prayer in the margin of the page

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

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

Left hook temper, right hook shame

Shadowbox both when I say your name

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

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

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

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