[Verse 1] Let the beat crush your skull 'til the pain go dull Let the voice be the rope that pulls you out the hole Lord, forgive me, I was born a sinner I carried the cross and I only got splinters Whispered "I deserve more" to a ceiling with no answer Prayed in the dark like a moth to a candle From faith my blood got thicker, my skin got thinner Every step a confession, every breath a sinner Walked through a desert where the sand don't move Only footprints out there was the ones I outgrew Built from the pressure, cracked but I'm standing Don't need a sermon from a man on a landing [Hook] Lord, I gave it everything I had Every breath, every bone, every good and every bad I believe in You, I just can't be clean I'm a prayer with the devil written in between Out of the depths I cried, You heard me Out of the depths You stayed, You never searched me Out of the depths, still on my knees Lord, if You hear me... don't answer me [Verse 2] Gave the fight everything, every vein, every nerve Left my blood on the canvas and I still got served Every time I hit the floor, I came up swinging Teeth on the ground and my ears still ringing I ain't keep nothing back, ain't save a thing for later Gave my last like a beggar paying tithes to a traitor Tried to wash in the river, came out muddier Tried to outrun the dark, but the dark ran further Every scar got a scripture that I bled to write Every win got a funeral the very same night They said "keep the faith" — I kept it like a blade Held it so tight that it cut through the grip I made I wasn't looking for a miracle, I wanted the chance To be more than a sinner with blood on his hands But a fighter with no Heaven still fights for the bell Even knowing that the round's gonna end in Hell [Hook] Lord, I gave it everything I had Every breath, every bone, every good and every bad I believe in You, I just can't be clean I'm a prayer with the devil written in between Out of the depths I cried, You heard me Out of the depths You stayed, You never searched me Out of the depths, still on my knees Lord, if You hear me... don't answer me [Bridge] Our Father, who art in Heaven Hallowed be... ... I used to know the rest Swear I used to know the rest [Verse 3] Strength goes first Then hope Then faith Then me Hands too heavy now to fold in a prayer Calling out Your name to an empty chair Every candle I lit done burned to the base Wax on the floor like tears on my face Mirror got a stranger with my mother's eyes He don't even blink when he watches me die Heartbeat slowing like a hymn at the end Last verse sung and it won't come again Used to feel the fire, now I barely feel cold Used to own my body, now it's borrowed and old Took my last breath like it owed me something Reached up for Heaven and I closed my hand on nothing [Verse 4] Then I heard the hooves on the gravel outside Pale rider at the door, didn't knock, didn't hide Ain't no angels singing, ain't no light at the end Just a long road down and a hand from a friend Seen the gates of Heaven from a mile away Close enough to want, too far to stay I ain't beg, ain't cry, ain't ask for more Already left it all on the battlefield floor Every sin walking single file behind me Every prayer that I said too quiet to find me Hell opened up like it knew my name Kept a seat warm for me, called it my place So I walked in slow with my head held high 'Cause a sinner who believes still knows how to die [Outro] I see the pale horse coming And I know where I'm going Lord, I believed in You... I just wasn't one of Yours.
