Hell Left the Light On (Alt 1)

Intro

Verse 1 I walked out of heaven With rain in my coat A prayer in my pocket And a knife at my throat The angels quit singing When I passed through the gate But somewhere down lower Somebody stayed awake

Pre-Chorus I saw that red glow At the end of the road Like a porch lamp burning For a lost man’s soul

Chorus Hell left the light on, Like it knew I’d come home I been too far gone To keep walking alone Hell left the light on, Burning red through the rain Heaven shut the door on me, But hell still knew my name

Verse 2 I passed by a church house With the windows all black I heard my old life Begging me to come back But the road kept moving Like a snake through the pines And the dark kept dancing To the beat of my crimes

Pre-Chorus I ain’t proud of the hunger, I ain’t proud of the scars But a man with no shelter Will follow any stars

Chorus Hell left the light on, Like it knew I’d come home I been too far gone To keep walking alone Hell left the light on, Burning red through the rain Heaven shut the door on me, But hell still knew my name Left the light on, Left the light on, For a man like me With a soul half gone

Bridge Don’t call it evil If it kept me alive Some men need mercy Some need fire to survive And I don’t need saving From the road that I’m on I just need somewhere That leaves the light on Hell left the light on, Like it knew I’d come home I been too far gone To keep walking alone Hell left the light on, Burning red through the rain Heaven shut the door on me, But hell still knew my name Hell left the light on, And I walked through the flame I didn’t find forgiveness there, But it remembered my name

Outro Heaven forgot the sound of me. Hell left the light on.

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