No Mercy at Mile Marker Nine

I left the cross back by the sign, Said my prayers in dust and brine. Too many ghosts on this long line, And mercy ain’t one of mine.

Headlights cut through the rain, Every mile whispers your name. You thought I’d fade, thought I’d forgive — But ghosts like me still live.

No mercy at Mile Marker Nine, Where I buried what was mine. You can run till stars all die, But vengeance rides with time. No mercy at Mile Marker Nine — The road remembers every lie.

I’ve seen the best men kneel and fall, Heard the preacher’s hollow call. He said “forgive,” I said “too late,” The devil’s leanin’ on my fate.

Wind in my coat, blood in the sky, The night don’t need to ask me why. I don’t shoot to feel alive — I shoot so memory survives.

No mercy at Mile Marker Nine, Where the saints all quit the line. You can hide in grace or cry, But judgment knows your kind. No mercy at Mile Marker Nine — The road remembers every lie.

There’s blood on the moon and smoke in the pine, I left your name in a broken sign. If God’s still watchin’, He’ll turn away, ‘Cause mercy don’t live here today.

No mercy at Mile Marker Nine, I paid my dues in fire and time. Every mile’s a line I crossed, Every prayer another lost. No mercy at Mile Marker Nine — Just the truth you left behind.

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