[Verse 1] We were raised where the blacktop ends Black lungs, broke knucks, outlawed friends Mama hissed, "Boy, keep your soul" In a town built cheap on a poisoned goal [Verse 2] We don't bow when the cash rains down We don't bleed for a plastic crown When the dark gets thick, we strike our flame And we carve our oaths in our own last name [Pre-Chorus] Hands stay bloody, hearts stay steel If we crack, we crack for real But we don't crawl and we don't plead That's the vow, that's what we bleed [Chorus] The Outlaw Creed, the Outlaw Creed Bite what you earn and starve that greed The Outlaw Creed, the Outlaw Creed Walk through the fire and burn every need (Outlaw Creed) (Outlaw Creed) [Verse 3] I’ve watched strong men sell their spine For a quick-hit shine and a rotten line Seen pale saints in a sinner's coat Till the rot leaked out of their shaking throat [Verse 4] So I keep mine sharp, I keep mine lean Like a straight-razor faith in the in-between What I’ll take and what I’ll lose What I choke down, what I choose [Pre-Chorus] Hands stay bloody, hearts stay steel If we crack, we crack for real But we don't crawl and we don't plead That's the vow, that's what we bleed [Chorus] The Outlaw Creed, the Outlaw Creed Bite what you earn and starve that greed The Outlaw Creed, the Outlaw Creed Walk through the fire and burn every need (Outlaw Creed) (Outlaw Creed) [Bridge] If I drop, don’t drag me home Let the dark hear I died alone If I break, let it cut in light Not for shame on a borrowed lie [Final Chorus] The Outlaw Creed, the Outlaw Creed Bite what you earn and starve that greed The Outlaw Creed, the Outlaw Creed Walk through the fire and burn every need The Outlaw Creed, the Outlaw Creed Some souls rot, but we die free (Outlaw Creed) (Outlaw Creed)
