Down Here

I'm never gonna be an exemplary man

I've had far too many stumbles to keep track of on my hands

My knees are much too bloodied now to teach you how to stand 

I regret I killed the child

who my mother once proud of  

and my father raised to righteously live

Can you believe that I believed I held answers to my faults? 

I had maps and matches that you gave

    but for warmth I burned them all

When I look up at the place I've been

    it's hard to claim I haven't fallen

Still, I say I'll take the high road 

while I'm towing stollen payload

100 miles away from where I once felt called  

Lord, you know I've never been too scared of dying

but I fear if I stop fighting I'll start to wish for it 

Lord, you know I'm never one to give up trying 

But I'm afraid if I start lying here that I'll grow content 

With being down here

With being down here

Momma always told me days got harder than these 

but they're built to break you down 

and build you up from your knees 

My father made it through;

but he's better than me, I think 

Lord, you know I've never been too scared of dying

but I fear if I stop fighting I'll start to wish for it 

Lord, you know I'm never one to give up trying 

But I'm afraid if I start lying here that I'll grow content 

With being down here

With being down here