Left My Sins Where the Road Split (Alt 1)

There was a sign I never read At the fork where the highway bled One path carved by holy hands The other scorched by no man’s plan

I didn’t pause, didn’t check the map Just let the sun fall down my back I dropped my name beside a stone And rode the one I’d walk alone

I left my sins where the road split Didn’t bury ‘em, just quit No prayers, no last goodbye Just smoke trails in the sky They’ll chase me down in every town But I won’t turn, I won’t sit down I left my sins where the road split... And never looked behind

There’s blood on boots I can’t wash clean But I’ve learned to live in in-between I ain’t redeemed, I ain’t condemned Just ridin’ where the endings bend

They say confession buys you peace But I don’t deal in that belief I trade regret for open land And shake the devil’s outstretched hand

I left my sins where the road split Didn’t cry, didn’t admit No candle lit, no sermon spoke Just diesel breath and worn-out smoke So let the saints ride paved regret I’ll keep movin’ through what I forget I left my sins where the road split... And I don’t need ‘em back

I left my sins where the road split By choice, not some holy writ If they rise, let ‘em walk alone I got fire, steel, and skin to own No one waits at heaven’s gate For men like me, who tempt their fate I left my sins where the road split... And I’ll leave more down the line

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