Shadow on the Wall

(INTRO) ... (Verse 1) This old coat of mine's stained with things that ain't rain And the scar on my neck, it don't ever quit achein' It sings to the shadows when the sun goes down Draws out every ghost in this God-forsaken town Got a iron-clad fist where my left hand used to be And a blade on my back that's too heavy to lift, you see But I swing it for the demons, and the men who sold their souls I'm just chippin' away at a mountain, tryin' to reach my own personal hole. (Pre-Chorus) Yeah, the preacher man talks of a promised land... But I've seen the angels, and they don't shake your hand. (Chorus) They wear midnight and velvet, they whisper in the deep I hunt the things they made from the promises we keep You can call it a curse, you can call it a call I'm just a black dog chasin' a shadow on the wall And I'll walk through this fire, I'll bleed out all the pain ‘Til the one who put this mark on me is screamin' out my name. (Verse 2) Came to a town with a Baron on high, in a castle of stone and sin You could smell the rot of serpent's skin, on the money and the gin He thought he was a king here, thought he had it all bought and sold But I knew the monster in the mirror, from a story I'd been told I let him think he had me, let him think the f***t was through Then I showed him that this old dog still knows a trick or two. (Pre-Chorus) He pulled out a b***d-red stone, started cryin' for a deal... But my soul was already spoken for, this fire's already real. (Chorus) 'Cause they wear midnight and velvet, they whisper in the deep I hunt the things they made from the promises we keep You can call it a curse, you can call it a call I'm just a black dog chasin' a shadow on the wall And I'll walk through this fire, I'll bleed out all the pain ‘Til the one who put this mark on me is screamin' out my name. (Bridge) Sometimes I get a flash… a field of mud and clay A man who wasn't a father, just teachin' a boy how to slay Forged in a violence I never chose, a weight I can't put down That child died in the b***d and the noise, 'fore he ever saw a town And this rage is all he left me, this rage is all I own. (Guitar Solo - Raw, distorted, and emotional, building to a final powerful release) (Final Chorus) Oh, they wear midnight and velvet, they built their throne so deep! I'll burn every last one of the promises they keep! You can call it a curse! Yeah, you can call it a call! I'm just a black dog barkin' at a shadow on the wall! And I'll walk through this hellfire, I'll bathe in all the pain 'Til the king of all those demons is screamin' out my name! (Outro) (Spoken, over a fading acoustic guitar) Yeah... screamin' out my name. Just a shadow on the wall. (Guitar fade)