Tuomion Airut AI : The Walls

[Verse 1] I was young with a pocket full of spite A bad idea dressed up as a man Ran my mouth, ran my hands, ran my luck Till the cold got hold of my plan They locked the door, threw away the key Called me by the number on the tin I learned the sound of boots in the hall And the shape that regret lives in [Pre-Chorus] Twenty years can carve a face Turn a loud mouth into prayer I counted cracks in the concrete Like they were marks of grace [Chorus] I stared those walls I spend my time Those years behind these walls Seen daylight once But its allright For all i did (For all i did) I stared those walls I learned my name In the dark and in the stain Seen daylight once But its allright For all i did (For all i did) [Verse 2] There was a kid on C block, seventeen Shaking when the night got thin I told him, “Son, don’t trade your soul For the same old place I’ve been” The chaplain said, “Confess, be clean” But clean don’t change what blood can do I scrubbed my hands raw on a tin sink lip Still the past kept pushing through [Pre-Chorus] Now the yard smells like rain and rust And my bones know every gate I don’t ask for mercy easy I just ask for a little less hate [Chorus] I stared those walls I spend my time Those years behind these walls Seen daylight once But its allright For all i did (For all i did) I stared those walls I learned my name In the dark and in the stain Seen daylight once But its allright For all i did (For all i did) [Bridge] When the door swings out, I won’t run No grand parade, no saintly face Just a man with ash on his boots And a scarred-up, human place If they ask me what I carried I’ll say shame and a broken vow I got no clean hands to show you Only this one life, here and now [Final Chorus] I stared those walls I spend my time Those years behind these walls Seen daylight once But its allright For all i did (For all i did) I stared those walls I learned my name In the dark and in the stain Seen daylight once But its allright For all i did (For all i did)