[Intro] [Verse ] I never drank from a borrowed cup, or bent my knee for shining stacks Never let the devil sit, never stabbed a brother’s back I see the grease upon your hands, I taste the sugar on your tongue I wipe the whiskey from my chin, and watch you come undone. [Verse ] I never begged a crooked favor, never fed a fevered lie Never traded holy hunger just to let a good thing die I see the dust behind your eyes, the rust beneath your vest I’m walking steady through the smoke while you’re choking on your best. [Chorus] Oh, I’m the cleanest cut of stone, the heavy hanging hand The only fire still burning in this dry and dying land I’m the white line on the water, I’m the frost upon the grit CAN YOU HEAR ME… From the bottom of your pit? [Verse] Never borrowed what I carried, never sold what wasn’t mine Never wrapped myself in velvet just to dress a crooked spine I see the hollow in your laugh, the poison in your rain I’m building something out of dust while you’re circling the drain. [Bridge] Low lamp swinging, shadows loud Truth runs thin inside the crowd I see the splinter, feel the flaw Steel in tooth and dirt in law. [Final Chorus] Oh, I’m the cleanest cut of stone, the heavy hanging hand The only fire still burning in this dry and dying land I’m the white line on the water, I’m the frost upon the grit CAN YOU HEAR ME… From the bottom of your pit? [Outro] I never… With the water from your tears. I’m just looking down. Way, way down. [End]
