[Verse 1]
Boot prints in the black sand
Ash on my tongue
Sun a busted halo
Hanging
Barely hung
Hat brim low
Lungs heavy
Each breath a rusted chain
Coyote on the ridgeline
Howling through my name
[Chorus]
Floating into the aether
Dust in my teeth
Still I ride
Bruised but I’m burning brighter
Dead stars clearing from my sky
Floating into the aether
One cracked heart held high
If this is where the road ends
I’ll meet the end with open eyes
[Verse 2]
Cards cut on a cracked plank
Lost more than my share
Shot glass like a church bell
Calling me to dare
Bootheel sparks on gravel
Slow steps
But I don’t turn
Storm front on the mesa
But I’ve walked through worse to learn
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Hands scarred
Still steady
On this rattling
Faithful steer
I’ve bled out all my anger
Left the poison in the years
[guitar swells]
If the sky wants to take me
Let it take what’s left of pain
I’ll be drifting like a smoke ring
Drawing halos ’round my name
[Chorus]
[Outro]
[guitar solo]
Horse and shadow stretching
Over copper
Over stone
Somber wind behind me
Hope ahead
Unknown
Fade into that pale blue
Hat raised to the burn
I was never made for staying
I was always meant to turn