[Intro] Last call Neon flicker in your busted eyes Woke up in a ditch Dog tags in my hand Lip split, knuckles lit Blood mixed in the sand Leather jacket on the barstool Halo hanging by a thread Half-smoked in my teeth You kiss the bottle like a Bible Say you’re better off half-dead [Pre-Chorus – B → A] Every town the same cold stare Every barroom knows my sins Pour another prayer See which demon wins You said, “I’ll change” But you still got your favorite lies Saint on a silver chain Guess I finally cracked it [Hook – A x B] You got rust on the halo Blood on the prayer you speak I’m a broken hell-raising nomad Sleeping where the trouble begins You keep falling from your heaven Every day of the week Got a heart like a rusted nomad Full of bullet holes and gin [Verse – A → B] Home late Boot prints down the hallway floor Keys drop, you’re rehearsing That excuse once more You swear you’re turning over Some brand-new shining page But your promises are ashes In the ashtray of your rage Leather held together By staples and sweat Tire tracks on my conscience I ain’t faced it yet Tattoo of an angel Scratched out by a blade Drink ’til I can’t see Who I could’ve saved [Pre-Chorus – B → A] Every mirror starts a fight Every memory draws a knife Raise that glass to spite The shape of my own life You keep singing your salvation While you’re playing the same old game [Hook – A x B] You got rust on the halo Blood on the prayer you speak I’m a broken hell-raising nomad Doin’ time in my own skin You keep falling from your heaven Every day of the week (yeah) If there’s peace out on that highway It keeps slippin’ through my grin [Bridge – Call & Response] You say you’re done You’re done You’re done But you’re dialing up the night again One more town One more lie One more promise I’ll watch die You swear you’re done You’re done You’re done Then you crawl beneath my skin Graveyard eyes in the neon glare If the reaper’s lookin’ Tell him I’ll meet him there [Whispered / Echo] Tell me, sinner Tell me true Who the hell is saving who? [Final Chorus – Full Mash] You got rust on the halo Rust on the halo And I finally broke that chain I’m a broken hell-raising nomad Branded by the road I’m in Just a rusted, hell-raising nomad Screamin’ mercy through this grin If there’s grace out on that highway Let it crash right through this sin You’re a saint in the mirror But a devil on my name Now you’re preaching to the shadows I’m walking out of your rain [Outro] Rust on the halo Let it hang, let it hang I’m a broken hell-raising nomad ’Til the blacktop drags me in Rust on the halo Hear that busted angel sing
