I spent a year out in the desert
I spent a year out in the sea
I spent my nights under the stars
Just dreaming of sleep
I still question where I've been
I don't know where I will go
I just look up to the skies
Like there's a sign I didn't see, I didn't know
Like there's a sign I didn't know
I know I‘ve lived a wicked life
I will never change my ways
An unapologetic runaway
Until it's my last day
Why is it so easy to light a match and watch
We were made of dried up timber
We were made to turn to dust
Oooh take me on down
Oooh at the gallows it was mercy I had found
So I went back to my home
And I burned it to the ground
An angel sat beside of me
We both watched it all fall down
I'm a loner of a lover
I'm a lover of my ways
So if you're here to take me back
There ain't nothing left to save
Oooh burned it all down
Oooh at the gallows it was mercy I had found
Oooh take me on down
Oooh at the gallows it was mercy I had found
I made it to the edge
There was nothing left to see
I lit one last cigarette
The angel sat beside of me
I said: I know you've got your job
He said: the grace that I have brung
Is that your death is gonna save you
From the things you're running from
Oh burned it all down
Oh at the gallows it was mercy I had found
Oh take me on down
Oh at the gallows it was mercy I had found
Is at the gallows it was mercy I had found
Is at the gallows it was mercy I had found