Deadman's Swagger - The Revenant Chronicles, pt III

Deadman walkin’, With a doomsday limp. Mud in my mouth, But I still talk shit. Grave dirt drip, From a blacked-out stitch. Came back wrong— Now the whole world glitched... Toe-tag snap—now the zip-lock splits. Coffin got kicked like a bass-drop hit. Back from the pit with a ratchet grin, Like death got drunk, let the chaos in. Blackfall brand in the meat of my chest, Heat in the wire where my heartbeat slept. Venom Protocol made a freak from rot, Now I move like a curse that a priest can’t stop. Crowbar cadence—I crack that calm, Voice like a siren wrapped in napalm. Deadman swagger—I stalk that lane, Like plague in leather with a laugh that maims. You made a monster, then labeled it sin, Now I knock like fate—I let myself in. Not just back—I’m the backlash, bitch, I’m the last bad bet… The black vans missed… Hear that rattle? That’s my chain-drag sound… Every footstep hits like it shakes this ground… You lit that fuse when you put me down… Now I walk out burnin’ through a ghost-town… I got that (DEADMAN SWAGGER), Dust in my lungs—taste that smoke. Walk through the fire, Like a ghost that the devil won’t own. I got that (DEADMAN SWAGGER), Sun-baked blood, cracked bones. Came out the graveyard grindin’, Now I roam where the outlaws roam. Deadman swagger (DEADMAN SWAGGER)… Hear that chain gang drag… Deadman swagger (DEADMAN SWAGGER)… Yeah, I don’t fade to black… Deadman swagger (DEADMAN SWAGGER)… Let it howl, let it fuckin' snap… You can bury my body… But this bastard always comes back! Vegas glows with a sick green sheen, Neon bleeds through the ash-rain steam. Blackheart floats like a false-made god, High over the strip with apocalypse charm. He grinned down slow—“you still ain’t learned,” I said, “Watch real close... the tables just FUCKING TURNED!” Then we crashed mid-air like trains off track, Whole skyline coughed when the shockwave cracked. Card-shark moon in a blood-red haze, Slot lights blink like they pray for grace. Palm trees bow from the pressure wave, Glass rained down on a neon grave. He threw black fire—I bit right through, Pain don’t stick when your nerves don’t move. Swung back hard with a bone-yard grin, Like a tombstone learned how to box and win. We weren’t fightin’—we were writin’ doom… Two bad omens in a crowded room… Every punch made the hotels lean… Every miss carved sparks through the screens… The grid went white like a severed nerve, Whole town shook from the payback surge. I ripped his core from the ribs of the storm, Night went blind when the charge transformed. Victory bloomed like a mushroom flare, Vegas lit like a funeral prayer. I wore the crown, but the truth got shown— A king ain’t shit on a pile of bones… Feel that pressure? That’s the fault-line bend… Hear those sirens? That’s the long road end… You wanted war—so I let you in… Now the whole damn wasteland wears that sin… I got that (DEADMAN SWAGGER), Dust-storm blood in my veins. Hole strip glowin’, While it drowns in flames. I got that (DEADMAN SWAGGER), No throne—just a rusted crown. Every step I’m takin’ Got the dead zones rattlin’ around. Deadman swagger (DEADMAN SWAGGER)… Hear that chain gang drag… Deadman swagger (DEADMAN SWAGGER)… Yeah, I don’t fade to black… Deadman swagger (DEADMAN SWAGGER)… Scream it raw, get fucking mad. You can bury my body… But this bastard always comes back... Silence hit harder than the blast wave did, No cheers left—just the ash and wind. I stood in the ruin with fists still clenched, Like a killer baptized in electric stench. Blackheart gone, but the bill came due, Whole city folded where the fire blew through. I got the upper hand—that much true, But the house still burned and the dead still grew. Boot heels click through the desert night, Marquee buzz with a sick gold light. Drive-in gate with the screen half-torn, Like the end of the world got paused mid-form. Wind rolled low through the speaker hiss, I laughed one time—“remember this.” Stood by the sign while the ghosts filed in… (DEADMAN SWAGGER)… Let the last reel spin… Vegas paid… for the score I kept. Blackheart bled… but the world got left. Screen lights up… night goes thin. I stand by the marquee… Light a cigar... Let the end begin…