Dead to Shame

[Verse 1] Hungry as a stray dog, cold to the bone, Mama’s just a ghost, Daddy long since gone. Sleeping in the streets, just to stay alive, Mercy never helped me to survive. [Chorus] When you’re born with nothin There’s always someone else to blame, You can’t feel the fire if you kill the flame, The only way to live… is dead to shame. [Verse 2] I grew young and mean, whiskey on my breath, Sweet talk and lies were the tools I had left. Stole hearts and money, never gave a damn, Betrayal was my justice, deceit always my plan. [Chorus] When you’re born with nothin There’s always someone else to blame, You can’t feel the fire if you kill the flame, The only way to live… is dead to shame. [Bridge] The mirror won’t look back at me, The years don’t say my name. I’ve built a life of fraud For that I’ll take the blame But I don’t really care, you see I am dead to shame [Verse 3] Now I’m old and looking back Each crease on my face a lie a story I had to bury a piece of my disguise. Maybe in the end there’s mercy, but I don’t feel a thing, I’m just waiting on the darkness — and the silence that it brings. [Final Chorus] When you’re born with nothin There’s always someone else to blame, You can’t feel the fire if you kill the flame, The only way to live… is dead to shame. [Outro — spoken / low sung] No tears, no prayers, no name… next round it’ll be the same Forever, Just a man… Just a man, dead to shame.