High Stakes & Empty Hands

I laid my whole world flat upon the table Told myself that fortune favors the bold I knew this life was never just a game we play Still I put up every single piece of my soul Thought if I pushed all in, the sky would open wide Instead the silence came and ate me up alive You don’t always get the wind inside your sails Sometimes you’re running full speed off the rails I swore that I was strong, swore I couldn’t break Now I’m standing in the fallout of my own mistake I put it all on a single card, my old friend! Bet on the wrong horse, watching the kingdom end! Empty hands ain’t the heavy part of this toll It’s the price you gotta pay when you lose control! Yeah, you play too high, you fall too far Now I’m paying the bitter bill for who we are! It wasn’t about the silver, wasn’t about the gold It was a crossroad choice that left me out in the cold I thought I saw the light at the edge of the dark Turns out I was chasing just a dying spark Now the house is clear and the dust has settled down A lone man standing in a ghost-filled town Life don't bend just because you gave your all The higher you climb, the harder the fall I swore that I was right, swore I couldn’t fail Now I’m reading the ruin of my own dark tale I put it all on a single card, my old friend! Bet on the wrong horse, watching the kingdom end! Empty hands ain’t the heavy part of this toll It’s the price you gotta pay when you lose control! Yeah, you play too high, you fall too far Now I’m paying the bitter bill for who we are! You told me once... "Don't push it to the line..." I laughed it off and said I’d be just fine... Now I got nothing left to give... nothing left to hold... Just a bitter pill and a heart turned cold... I put it all on a single card, my old friend! Bet on the wrong horse, watching the kingdom end! Empty hands ain’t the heavy part of this toll It’s the price you gotta pay when you lose control! Yeah, you play too high, you fall too far Now I’m paying the bitter bill for who we are! ...Everything on one card... ...And it all came crashing down.