Fallen From Grace (SLBandit)

**[(Intro – slow, haunting piano with distant trap hi-hats fading in)]**

Yeah… S.L.Bandit…

He was my right hand man…

Now he gone… dead and gone…

Ooohhh…

**[(Verse 1 – soft, trembling vocals over soulful chords)]**

We came up from the mud, boots laced in the dirt

Two lost souls ridin’ dirty, puttin’ pain in every verse

You held the wheel when I couldn’t see straight

Covered my back when the reaper called my name

Swore on our blood we’d never break the code

Split every dollar, carry every load

You laughed in the face of the laws we broke

Said, “Brother, we kings till the final smoke”

**[(Pre-Chorus – voice cracks, strings swell)]**

How did the devil get his hands on you?

Whispered lies till the loyalty turned blue

I watched the light leave your eyes too soon

Now I’m screaming at the sky, begging the moon…

**[(Chorus – rage trap drop, distorted 808s hit hard, vocals raw and screaming then melting into pain)]**

He was my right hand man!

Fallen from grace, dead and gone, ooohhh!

Bullet took my brother, left me here alone

Screaming at the heavens, blood soaked in my soul

Fallen from grace, dead and gone, ooohhh!

I’d trade my life to bring you back home

But the streets don’t forgive, and kings lose their throne

My right hand man… fallen from grace…

**[(Verse 2 – tempo slows again, almost spoken through tears)]**

Remember that night under neon rain?

You pulled me out the fire, took all the blame

Said, “If we fall, we fall together”

But you fell first, and I couldn’t save ya

They set you up, turned your heart to stone

Made you point that steel at the only family you’d known

I saw the war in your eyes when you pulled the trigger

Heard you whisper “sorry” as your soul got thinner

Now I’m haunted by the echo of that sound

Your body hit the ground… and grace came crashing down

**[(Bridge – full breakdown, voice breaking, layered harmonies crying out)]**

I should’ve seen the signs, should’ve pulled you from the flame

Should’ve dragged you out the dark, screamed your real name

But pride is a killer, and greed is its blade

Now I’m burying my brother in the bed that we made

Forgive me, forgive me… I failed you, king

I let the crown slip and lost everything

**[(Final Chorus – explosive rage into soul-shattering sorrow, ad-libs overlapping)]**

He was my right hand man!

Fallen from grace, dead and gone, ooohhh!

I see your face in every shadow I run from

Hear your laugh in the wind when the night comes

Fallen from grace, dead and gone, ooohhh!

I’ll carry your name till my last breath is drawn

The bandit lost his crown, and grace came undone

My right hand man…

Fallen from grace…

Ooohhh…

**[(Outro – piano returns alone, voice barely a whisper)]**

Rest easy, brother…

I got the wheel now…

But it don’t feel right without you ridin’ shotgun…

S.L.Bandit…

Fallen from grace…

Dead and gone…

Ooohhh…