Back to the Gutters

Verse 1

Left the coast

Drifting back through the thick gray fog

Found the gutter

The heavy scent of rain on rusted iron

Home

Dirty and real

Where the backstabbers offer a grin

Chorus

Give me the shadows

Give me the thieves

I feel safer where the light never breathes

I'm back with the drunkards

I'm back with the liars

Warm my hands by these gutter fires

Safe with my own

Home with my own

Post-Chorus

Way-ho

Drink it down

Way-ho

Sink or drown

Verse 2

Slighters wait

Leaning hard against the crumbling brick

They know my face

They know the weight of a heavy debt

Crowded

Cold

Mean

Bitter beer and the biting wind

Nothing is hidden

Nothing is clean

The sunlight feels like a cruel mistake

Chorus

Give me the shadows

Give me the thieves

I feel safer where the light never breathes

I'm back with the drunkards

I'm back with the liars

Warm my hands by these gutter fires

Safe with my own

Home with my own

Drop

Safe with my own

Safe with my own

Bridge

It’s a long road down

It's a hard road down

It’s a dark road down

The bright sky makes me sick to my gut

Keep the gold

Keep the glory

I prefer the end of the story

Verse 3

Empty pockets

Full hearts and a broken tooth

The shadows dance

Better than the truth

Swaying

Singing

Screaming

Among the sort that I call kin

Through the alley

Past the gate

The darkness lets me in

Chorus

Give me the shadows

Give me the thieves

I feel safer where the light never breathes

I'm back with the drunkards

I'm back with the liars

Warm my hands by these gutter fires

Safe with my own

Home with my own

Outro

Where the thieves are

Where the liars are

Where the shadows are

My own sort

My own

Way-ho

Drink it down

Way-ho

Sink or drown