Black (Live At Austin City Limits, TX / 2012)

[Verse 1]

We touch the walls of the city streets and

Didn't explain, sadly, showed us our ways

Of never asking why

Cast down, it was heaven-sent, and

To the church, no intent to repent, on my knees

Just to cry

[Chorus]

Until you travel to that place you can't come back

Where the last pain is gone and all that's left is black

[Verse 2]

Bright nights cease coming to me and

Some day they'll punish my deeds, and they'll find

All the crimes

Then they ask when they gonna see us

Then they're gonna have to feel the ghosts, the walls, the dreams

Well, I've got mine

[Chorus 2]

At last, those coming came, and they never looked back

With blinding stars in their eyes but all they saw was black

[Verse 3]

Fooled them, was hoping to seem like the slayer of evil

But the product of greed, and

It's not a mask, so be honest with me

They can't afford to ignore that I'm a disease

Practical, since we had to be, and

When they were old, they came back to me, and they tried

Oh, they tried

[Chorus 3]

And when you follow through and wind up on your back

Looking up at no stars in the sky

Those white clouds have turned it black

[Outro]

Thank you