Badlands

I ride alone, the wasteland that I cross

Will take another life, we'll take another loss

I feel a dry wind, dust is in my eyes

The arctic cold at night, the Earth, it tells me lies

God in Heaven, my only friend

Will I live to see my journey's end?

As the world awakens me so hard, my values have been changed

I make a promise to myself, never again

A dusty godforsaken path, endless to my dismay

I know these are the badlands, somehow I'll find my way

No more paradise, no more soothing rain

All the sacrifice, the pain is all the same

Still, I'm pushing onward, alone I can't deny

My presence fills the desert, my spirit never dies

Will these lonely nights ever end?

Will I live to see my journey's end?

As the world awakens me so hard, my values have been changed

I make a promise to myself, never again

A dusty godforsaken path, endless to my dismay

I know these are the badlands, somehow I'll find my way

The vultures that circle cloud the empty sky

Patiently waiting, they wait for me to die

Tortured and beaten, blistered by the sun

Forceful and heartless, have the badlands won?

But, still, I'm pushing onward, alone I can't deny

My presence fills the desert, my spirit never dies

As the world awakens me so hard, my values have been changed

I make a promise to myself, never again

A dusty godforsaken path, endless to my dismay

I know these are the badlands, somehow I'll find my way