[intro]
“Y’all come forth now. Strip the sin down to skin. The creek’s callin’. And the burlap’s watchin’.”
[Verse 1]
White dress draggin’ in the blackmud shore
Eyes wide open but she don’t see no more
They said she lied, they said she strayed
So they dipped her down where the ghosts still wade
Hymns outta tune, choir full of crows
Preacher got worms where his teeth should grow
They say “repent” while the current tugs
But it ain’t redemption—it’s a hole fulla bugs
Chains for the faithful, burlap robes
D***n ‘em in silence till the devil don’t know
Bubblin’ breath like a second birth
But what comes up ain’t from this earth
[chorus]
D***n me clean, take my name
Bury my face in the water and flame
I don’t want light, I don’t want peace
I just want the bag and the quiet release
D***n me clean, let me sink
Wash me away where the b***d don’t stink
If I come back wrong, that’s fine by me
Long as I come back free
[Verse 2]
Mama got dipped back in ‘72
Came out smilin’ with her eyes turned blue
Ain’t spoke since, just hums and stirs
Got crosses carved in her basement furs
Uncle got saved with a rope ‘round throat
Said he saw the sack floatin’ on a barge of goats
Folks cheer loud when the bubbles stop
Holy’s just m****r with a cherry on top
Moonshine communion, serpent wine
You speak in tongues, or you scream in brine
They love you more when you break that skin
When your lungs fill up and you let it all in
[chorus]
D***n me clean, take my name
Bury my face in the water and flame
I don’t want light, I don’t want peace
I just want the bag and the quiet release
D***n me clean, let me sink
Wash me away where the b***d don’t stink
If I come back wrong, that’s fine by me
Long as I come back free
[Outro]
“You feel it? That’s your sins swimmin’ out your mouth…”
[Outro]
“Every soul drowned in my creek walks again…”
“They whisper in mud and crawl through kin…”
“Don’t pray for dry—pray for deep…”
“‘Cause salvation’s just the last breath you keep.”
