Things won't be the same
Let the world curse my name
And down below I'll go
With a heart as cold as snow
The Big Man's calling me
Says he's got a plan for me
But I don't believe it
No, I don't
This type of faith
It makes you choke
On the very words you spoke
And I don't believe in empty threats
Waste of time, and waste of breath
But I've got nothing left
Old two-lanes fly by in the night
A blind man walking by the light
As I'm sleeping at the wheel
Wake with the cold taste of steel
The Big Man's calling me
Says he's got a hot meal and a bed for free
Give me protection
Hand me death
Grant salvation
For sinner's breath
Forgive my temptation
And I'll fall in line
Forget the fears
My crooked mind
And I don't believe in empty threats
Waste of time and waste of breath
But I've got nothing left
Cut my soul on a silver shard
Gave the butcher my beating heart
And I sat down by his fire
A traveler for hire
The Big Man smiles at me
Says he's been waiting for me
I'm walking in a fever dream
Feeling like I ought to scream
I'm kneeling at the stone
He's begging to go home
But I know the reasons for it all
Man must rise then he must fall