Burn the Heaven Out of Me

I was raised where the cross leans crooked, Where men don’t pray — they bargain blood. Mama said, “Boy, keep your hands off trouble,” But trouble kept draggin’ me through the mud.

And every lie I buried still claws in the dark, Every sin I carried carved steel in my heart.

Burn the heaven out of me, I ain’t kneelin’ down for mercy. If a man’s got fire in his bones, Let it blaze till the world can’t hurt me. I ain’t beggin’, I ain’t breakin’ — This soul was never free. If redemption wants to take me, It’ll have to burn the heaven out of me.

I’ve dug graves for the parts I hated, Left ‘em out where the coyotes howl. Lost my name in a deal half-broken, But the devil still wants me now.

I got smoke in my veins and ash in my past, But a man who fears fire don’t ever outlast.

Burn the heaven out of me, I was forged where the righteous end. If the preacher wants my story, Tell him sin is my oldest friend. I ain’t holy, I ain’t chosen, But I stand like I’m meant to be. If salvation comes to claim me, It’ll have to burn the heaven out of me.

Ohh, I walked through storms that took good men… Ohh, I bled through nights that never end… But I rise, I rise again — Not forgiven… just unbroken.

Burn the heaven out of me, Turn my scars into boundary lines. I’ll ride with the damned and the broken, Till the darkness finally shines. Let the angels try and save me — I ain’t down on bended knees. If the world wants something holy… It’ll have to burn the heaven out of me.

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