You Sold My Name for Silver

Thirty coins ain’t what they used to be.

You stood beside me in the dust, Swore your word like it was trust. Shared my fire, shared my fight, Then traded both in one cold night.

Didn’t see it in your eyes, Guess betrayal don’t advertise. You shook my hand — same damn grip, While sellin’ bullets from your hip.

You said, “It’s just the way it goes.” Yeah… I know.

You sold my name for silver, Thought I’d bleed and fall. Thought I’d beg forgiveness, Thought I’d lose it all.

But I’ve stood in darker weather, I’ve burned through worse than you. You sold my name for silver — Now watch what I do.

I don’t scream, I don’t chase, I don’t swing wild in your face. I just let the silence grow — That’s the kind you’ll come to know.

Town remembers who stood tall, Who folded cheap and who won’t crawl. You made your deal, you took your pay — But men like me don’t fade away.

You thought the Devil was my test. No. You were.

You sold my name for silver, Thought you’d end my road. Thought you’d light the match, Watch me overload.

But I’ve buried fear in deeper ground, I’ve faced what you can’t see. You sold my name for silver — But you never owned me.

Here’s the thing about betrayal — It don’t kill a man like me.

It sharpens him.

You sold my name for silver, But I don’t break or bend. You made your little profit — Now I collect in the end.

No revenge in my shadow, No rage in what I do. You sold my name for silver — And I outgrew you.

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