Plate by Plate

Intro

Verse 1 Forty-five for the man I was Twenty-five for the lies I sold Ten for the wife I let walk Five for the gun I never drew Stack 'em up like a courtroom case Strip the music, hear the steel Mirror says I'm twenty pounds Heavier than the day I knelt

Pre-Chorus Add another, add another Make the floor below me sweat Add another, add another Bury what I can't forget

Chorus Plate by plate, plate by plate I outweigh the man I made Bar bends low, never breaks Every sin gets a weight

Verse 2 Forty-five for my father's shame Twenty-five for the boy he beat Ten for the words I swallowed down Five for the prayer I never said Old men nod with knowing eyes They got plates of their own to lift Nobody asks what the numbers mean Just the iron and the silence between

Pre-Chorus Add another, add another Make the floor below me sweat Add another, add another Bury what I can't forget

Chorus Plate by plate, plate by plate I outweigh the man I made Bar bends low, never breaks Every sin gets a weight

Bridge Hundred forty on a Tuesday For a thing I did at twelve Some debts you can't ever pay But the bar don't ever judge Bar don't ever judge Plate by plate, plate by plate I outweigh the man I made Bar bends low, never breaks Every sin gets a weight Every sin gets a weight

Outro

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