A Cross Too Heavy to Carry (e4)

Nailed my sins to a rotted pine, Carved my name with rust and twine Outlaw blood on both my hands, A ghost too old to understand

I walk the trail where daylight dies, Each step a toll the Lord denies This wooden cross don’t speak or pray — It just drags my soul away

A cross too heavy to carry No heaven left to believe The weight I bear ain't holy — It’s just what I couldn’t leave

The sheriff’s badge still stains my chest, But I ain’t justice — I’m unrest They hung me once, I wouldn’t stay, Now I bleed dusk into the day

The buzzards circle slow and wide Like saints that forgot how to guide And every mile I leave behind Is just a grave I never signed

A cross too heavy to carry No light behind my eyes I walk this world unburied — Where the living wear disguise

Chains in my sleep, fire in my lungs Every prayer's a loaded gun They preach of peace and holy light — But I was born to lose that fight

A cross too heavy to carry Carved from every wrong I’ve done If I fall here in the silence — Let the dust say I was someone

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