Lyrics
Intro
The ground
The cold ground
Deep down
Verse 1
Pitch black
Underneath the heavy pine
Soil in my fingernails I had to leave the sun behind
Gone
Forever
The beast with the golden fur is gone
I saw the life leave his eyes and I felt the sky crack
I'm diving
Down
Deep
To the pit where the heat stays rising
Looking for the bark
Looking for the friend
I would trade my soul to see him wag his tail again
Chorus
I'm going down for the hound
I'm going down for the hound
Down to the sulfur
Down to the fire
I'm going down for the hound
I'm going down for the hound
Verse 2
Grandma
She left the porch light on for years
But she's swimming in the lake of fire washing out her fears
I see her
She's thin
She's pale
She's looking for the kitchen where she used to bake the bread
I called her name
I called his name
Nobody answered but the sound of the burning flame
Lost
Alone
I found a collar in the ash but the leather's turned to stone
Broken
Bittersweet
Blackened
I'm walking through the canyon where the demons like to eat
Chorus
I'm going down for the hound
I'm going down for the hound
Down to the sulfur
Down to the fire
I'm going down for the hound
I'm going down for the hound
Bridge
Give him back
Give him back
Give him back
The devil got a leash on my best friend
The devil got a leash on my legacy
He's whimpering
He's hungry
He's waiting for me
Verse 3
Wait
I see a ghost
A shadow with four legs running past the iron gate
I run
I trip
I fall
The smoke is filling up my lungs and I can't breathe at all
Found him
Finally
My grandmother is holding him and smiling back at me
We stay
Right here
No more pain and no more rain and no more fear
Chorus
I'm going down for the hound
I'm going down for the hound
Down to the sulfur
Down to the fire
I'm going down for the hound
I'm going down for the hound
Outro
Stay here
Stay here
In the red
In the heat
Goodnight
Goodnight
Lovell
Goodnight
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