Devil's Kiss

i ain't gonna pull down my mask

to take a shot from a stanger's flask

you can lace it so the pleasure lasts

might as well chase it with a shot gun blast

 

they die quick in the city i abandoned

heal up, hide out in the canyon

ain't gonna put trust in the man

spendin my money on another fake tan

 

it's your love i'm breathin

wish i was up 'n leavin

i was damned when i made your list

cut down by the devil's kiss

 

but your love keeps callin

like the rest i'm fallin

can't run, i cannot resist

cut down by the devil's kiss

 

i don't forget, i am not a forgiver

where was the plan while you were watchin us shiver

it's a bad hand and i won't be delivered

by the man who says "son double down on the river"

 

you know it's bad when the lungs get thick

tears down the tenements brick by brick

i'd rather drive with the drunk ditch digger

with his foot on the gas and his hand on the trigger

 

it's your love i'm breathin

wish i was up 'n leavin

i was damned when i made your list

cut down by the devil's kiss

 

but your love keeps callin

like the rest i'm fallin

can't run, i cannot resist

cut down by the devil's kiss

and the candle burns low like a dancer

and the profiteer vandals lurk like a cancer

it's a scandal beyond belief, to see what the devil sees...

people either preach loud like a scholar

or hold signs, fists up like a brawler

i know better than to listen to the caller

standin on a box just to call himself taller

the party's over when you get the bill

look down on the floor at the blood you spilled

bendin the truth in a real time thriller

watchin the news, just to face my killer

it's your love i'm breathin

wish i was up 'n leavin

i was damned when i made your list

cut down by the devil's kiss

 

but your love keeps callin

like the rest i'm fallin

can't run, i cannot resist

cut down by the devil's kiss

 

i ain't gonna pull down my mask

to take a shot from a stanger's flask

you can lace it so the pleasure lasts

might as well chase it with a shot gun blast