Ive seen1

As the clouds roll low, blue skys turn gray,

I’ve been carryin’ this weight all damn day.

It started with the chase how to get away

Still thankin’ the Lord Ive seen one more day.

Ain’t in no hurry to dig my grave,

this road feels like the path I’ve paved.

Snakes wither on their bellies so damn low,

Same as most the people I know.

They don’t care where you’ve been,

Only what they gain from turnin’ you in.

Every scar I got, I got from someone “real,”

Backstabbers pile on flesh they steal.

Love gets sold for pieces of gold,

Truth ain’t a commodity most folks hold.

If ash and embers fall like an eruption of broken dreams,

They’ll switch sides quick, fall apart at the seams.

No friends, no loyalty, no truth in between,

Just voices that scream what they don’t mean.

The law runs fast, but dirty deals run deep,

Hard to tell who’s awake or asleep.

So I walk alone through the pourin’ rain,

Less lies to carry, less borrowed pain

So trust no man, stay safe and far,

Cheap whiskey burn and a busted guitar.

Old men stare like time stood still,

Prayin’ for luck in a rusted-out deal.

I’ve seen hope drown in a backroom lie,

Watched good men break just to get by.

But I stayed put when the rest went cold,

Held my ground when the truth got sold.

All the times we’d share our wants what did it mean?

Faded like smoke from a broken dream.

Carved it deep where the dirt won’t save,

I dug my peace from an early grave.

Chains got broke but the marks still stay,

Storm in my blood that won’t fade away.

I don’t bend, I don’t break clean,

Just keep walkin’ through everything I’ve seen.

Ash and rain—yeah, that’s my skin,

A hard-earned life carved from within.

This ain’t a story of never quiting the fight,

Truth or how I survived through the night

Living the outlaw life never quite right