[Intro – Thick upright bass pluck, slow swamp slide guitar, boots stomping rhythm — like a man walki

The road gave me nothin’ but blood and cost Each mile soaked in what I lost I tried to lie, I tried to bluff But guilt ain’t quiet — it talks rough

Knee-deep in what I lost Every step a crooked cross Friends I sold, truths I drowned Now the ghosts don’t make a sound I walk but sink, I breathe but choke On promises I broke I ride, but at what cost? Knee-deep in what I lost

She lit a fire, I let it die Then poured my shame in a bottle dry I wear my name like a curse on skin And drag my sins where I've been

Knee-deep in what I lost Truth gone cold, lines all crossed My hands ain’t clean, my trail’s on fire I killed the song, I killed desire I ride with silence, I ride with frost — Knee-deep in what I lost

Don’t bury me — I’m already down And the mud don’t care who wore the crown

Knee-deep in what I lost A soul bent, broke, and tossed No light, no grace, no callin’ back Just hoofbeats on a fire-black track They say I lived, but I know the cost — Knee-deep in what I lost

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