Shreds - Grieves

I don’t believe in cuttin' corners

Own it like a scar on the face

Stand tall whether taking the gold or in last place

Not really the one to give God praise

But if you’ve got the gospel, then tell me how it tastes, halleluiah

Bitin' on the bullet for strength

I’m a long distance runner sucker, I’m in it for length

It’s not a matter of whether or not you can play

But a scale of if you give a fuck enough to make a statement

Lay it down, separate the men from the mice

Another body under halogen lights missing it’s life portrait

What the hell would make you think that you could judge another person

For loving something so much it hurts their stomach, huh?

Living by the blood in my neck

With a bulls-eye tatted on the back of my head

I never spoke it how they want it to be said

So they left me for the winter and the wolves

Tear me into shreds, rip me into bits

Tear another page out, punch me in the ribs

I can smell the poison on your lips

Whatever it is, I be willin' to bet

They wanna get inside my head, tell me how it is

Sittin' in a tower with a rifle and a list

I can see the razor on your lips

Whatever it is, I be willing to bet

You shoulda held your breath

I don’t believe in sitting down

Take it like a knife in the back

You burnt out into nothing after striking a match

I never been the type to follow the pack

So if it’s true, you got the answers, then why the hell you so mad then?

Another Holy Ghost-laid script

Clipped the wings off of my words and buried the shiv

They wanna pick apart the passion in my ribs, I invite them

Cause I don’t run away from shit, lay it out

Separate the guns and the flowers

The minutes that go into all these hours

And I bet if you were given a smidgen of just the tip of the iceberg I’ve had

to struggle with

You wouldn’t act so sour, but maybe not

Livin' off the fruit of my stress

With a size 12 boot heel steppin' on my chest

Didn’t do it how they wanted it to end

So they threw me to the winter and the wolves