[Verse 1]
Ashtray morning on the table
Coffee gone cold in my hand
News on
Same old poison
Spilling over this tired land
I feel that fire in my fingers
Jaw locked tight
Teeth pressed
Storm words pounding on my tongue
Begging to be confessed
[Chorus]
By my lonesome
I wrestle with the fever
All these crooked shadows staring back at me
I’m so tired of dancing with corruption
All I ever wanted was a little peace
Anger keeps knocking like a dealer
Selling me a quick
Cruel release
But every time my fists start talking
Something in me just wants to bow my head
Just to bow my head
[Verse 2]
Streetlights hum through the window
Sirens cut through the smoke
Somewhere someone’s pulling triggers
On another bitter joke
I trace scars in the tabletop
Count the ways I could break
Then I hear my mother’s trembling voice
“Son
Don’t make the same mistake”
[Chorus]
By my lonesome
I wrestle with the fever
All these crooked shadows staring back at me
I’m so tired of dancing with corruption
All I ever wanted was a little peace
Anger keeps knocking like a dealer
Selling me a quick
Cruel release
But every time my fists start talking
Something in me just wants to bow my head
Just to bow my head
[Bridge]
I could burn it down
Oh I could
I could paint this town in red
But I’m staring at my shaking hands
Asking what they’d write instead
So I lay this violence on the altar
All this rage I’ve nursed and fed
Let the red run out my knuckles
Turn it into a whispered prayer instead (mmm)
[Chorus]
By my lonesome
I wrestle with the fever
All these crooked shadows staring back at me
I’m so tired of dancing with corruption
All I ever wanted was a little peace
Anger keeps knocking like a dealer
Selling me a quick
Cruel release
So when the dark says
“Come and do it”
I close my eyes and bow my head
I just bow my head
I just bow my head