[Intro]
It's the Painkiller, shadow in the night,
Heart heavy, every step, wrong or right.
Breath tastes like endings, no time for talking,
Through the fog I move—dead man walking.
[Verse]
Crows in the sky, wings slicing the air,
Each feather a secret, they don't even care.
Streetlights flicker, Morse code despair,
Pavement whispers stories, I ain't prepared.
The wind ain't friendly, it bites and it mocks,
Each second a pendulum, swinging my clocks.
[Chorus]
Dead man walking, hear the chains clanking,
Soul on the edge, and the world keeps yanking.
Dead man walking, no road to the light,
Trapped in the echoes of a fightless fight.
[Verse 2]
Eyes like mirrors, see a ghost in the glass,
Future fading quicker than the smoke from the past.
Tears hit the dirt, turn it mud, make it last,
Hope's a brittle string, but it still got me fast.
Footsteps loud, like a judge with a gavel,
Every mile I take, my spirit unravels.
[Bridge]
A prayer ain't enough, but I say it anyway,
For the night to swallow me, take me away.
Shadows in my mind, they dance, they sway,
Dead man walking, debts I can't repay.
[Chorus]
Dead man walking, hear the chains clanking,
Soul on the edge, and the world keeps yanking.
Dead man walking, no road to the light,
Trapped in the echoes of a fightless fight.