[Intro] [percussive acoustic guitar strumming, slide guitar swells] [Verse 1] [gritty baritone male vocals] A red-dusted serpent of a road Shadows chasing like a pack of wolves in the cold My heart's a rusty cage, bars bent from the fight Locked up in memories that haunt me through the night Stole the moonlight silver from a vault of stone Left echoes of thunder where the lawman's bones are thrown A ghost in the saddle with a whisper in my sins Chasing horizons where the devil's grin begins [Chorus] [full band enters, driving drums, distorted electric guitar] I'm a storm brewing in a bottle of rye Broken compass pointing to a blood-red sky Dancing with the reaper on a grave-dirt floor Living like a wildfire burning evermore The chains of yesterday rattle in my veins A lone wolf howling through the pouring rains No mercy in the mirror, just a faded scar Running from the noose under a shooting star [Verse 2] [drums drop out, acoustic guitar and bass only] She was a rose in the thorns of a desert plain Petals soft as whispers, but her thorns drove me insane I carved our names in the bark of a hanging tree But love turned to venom, poisoning me free Robbed the river's gold from the miners' weary claim Washed my hands in the current, but the stain remains the same A phantom in the badlands, dust cloud on my trail Heartstrings like guitar wires frayed and turning pale [Chorus] [full band, heavy distortion on electric guitar] I'm a storm brewing in a bottle of rye Broken compass pointing to a blood-red sky Dancing with the reaper on a grave-dirt floor Living like a wildfire burning evermore The chains of yesterday rattle in my veins A lone wolf howling through the pouring rains No mercy in the mirror, just a faded scar Running from the noose under a shooting star [Bridge] [half-time feel, slide guitar solo] Like a raven circling a forgotten feast I feast on regrets, the bitterest beast The bottle's my bible, the bullet my prayer Echoes of betrayal hang thick in the air One more midnight heist, one more stolen breath Dancing on the edge between life and death [Verse 3] [acoustic guitar with heavy reverb] The posse's a vulture, wings black as coal Pecking at my freedom, devouring my soul I'm a shipwrecked sailor on a sea of dry sand Waves of whiskey crashing, slipping from my hand Left a widow weeping in a town turned to ash Her tears like rain on a gambler's last cash But I'll keep on riding 'til the stars fall away A shadow in the sunrise, fading to gray [Chorus] [full band, high energy] I'm a storm brewing in a bottle of rye Broken compass pointing to a blood-red sky Dancing with the reaper on a grave-dirt floor Living like a wildfire burning evermore The chains of yesterday rattle in my veins A lone wolf howling through the pouring rains No mercy in the mirror, just a faded scar Forever under the shooting star [Outro] [acoustic guitar fades, final slide guitar swell]
