darker than dawn

oh

got my hands tied around my back

and time put a rope around my head

and hung from the rafters of my fear

dark in the eyes

tryna face the world

i can't bare to

my knees hit the ground and my hands start shaking

old feelings from new faces

a rope on the floor and a poor man hanging

please help me chop this tree down

hold me from underneath

words never once cut me down

oh

don't you cry for me

i've seen a notion run away

i'm torn from the truth that holds my soul

i'm down in the grave where i belong

oh

what a ride

i dare to fight my devil

wings to the sky on the run from trouble

with my own hands

no shovel

i dug in the ground

now i'm hanging above saying

please help me chop this tree down

hold me from underneath

words never once cut me down

oh

don't you cry for me

down by the grave that the law man laid

when the gravel got paved

finally i'm saved

down by the grave that the law man laid

when the gravel got paved

finally i'm saved

when the sun went down

down by the grave that the law man laid

when the gravel got paved

finally i'm saved

it set the sky on fire

down by the grave that the law man laid

when the gravel got paved

finally i'm saved

i saw an angel fly

down by the grave that the law man laid

when the gravel got paved

finally i'm saved

i never felt so high

down by the grave that the law man laid

when the gravel got paved

finally i'm saved

please help me chop this tree down

hold me from underneath

words never once cut me down

oh

don't you cry for me