DEATH LOOKS GOOD ON ME

Intro They told me I looked like hell. I said— Hell never wore it this well.

Verse 1 Black coat hanging off my bones Smoke curling through the cold I’ve got a face the mirror knows But it ain’t the one I sold I left my mercy in a ditch Beside a blood-red county line The devil tried to make me flinch I made that bastard blink first time Every scar became a stitch Holding something worse inside I used to pray I’d make it home Now home’s the place I go to hide

Pre-Chorus They tried to bury what I’d been But dirt don’t hold a man like me I came back wearing my own sins Like they were tailored perfectly

Chorus Death looks good on me Black fits like a second skin I’ve worn shame and misery But neither one looked this damn clean Death looks good on me Like smoke beneath a blood-red moon God might not remember me But hell will recognize me soon Looks good… Looks good… Death looks good on me

Verse 2 I keep a coffin in my chest For every man I had to be The loyal one, the harmless one The fool who begged on bloody knees I burned the photographs at dawn Watched their faces twist and fade There ain’t a trace of innocence In anything the fire saved Now strangers lower their eyes When my boots cross through the door They feel the graveyard in my stride Before they know what they’re afraid for

Pre-Chorus I ain’t looking for redemption That road washed out years ago I made peace with my reflection He’s the only ghost I know

Chorus Death looks good on me Black fits like a second skin I’ve worn chains and poverty But neither one could hold me in Death looks good on me Like smoke beneath a blood-red moon God might not remember me But hell will recognize me soon

Bridge I didn’t die when the bullet missed I didn’t die when she walked out I didn’t die beneath their fists Or when the whiskey drowned my mouth No… I died the night I understood Some men don’t heal— They just get good At carrying the body around

Breakdown So dig that hole And make it deep I’ve got a promise Death can keep Death looks good on me Better than forgiveness did I wear the dark so naturally You’d swear I was born in it Death looks good on me Let every righteous tongue accuse God can keep eternity I look too damn good to lose Death looks good on me No flowers and no eulogy Just light one up and let it burn— Death looks good… On me

Outro Tell the devil to dress nice. I’m coming.

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