Marble & Smokeâ
(Verse 1)
Carvinâ marble headstones in the red clay dirt
Chisel singinâ low like a gospel hurt
Dust on my boots, whiskey on my breath
Make my livinâ handinâ names over to death
Moonlight drippinâ off a rusted tin roof
Crickets keep time like they know the truth
Every line I carve, every name I trace
Feels like Iâm digginâ my own damn grave
(Chorus)
I been smokinâ in the shadows, tryinâ to outrun ghosts
White lines on a mirror, but they linger the most
Lord, I know Iâm dancinâ with the edge of my soul
In a backroad town where the nights take control
Yeah, Iâm lost in the pine, where the blackbirds moan
Carvinâ marble headstones⊠just to feel less alone
(Verse 2)
Mama said, âBoy, donât you play with sinâ
But the devil wore a smile and he pulled me in
Now the jukebox cries in a neon haze
And I trade my peace for a couple more days
Got a pocket full of nothinâ, but a head full of noise
All them bad decisions dressed up as joys
Every sunrise burns like a truth I dodge
Tryna pray it out, but I curse at God
(Chorus)
Yeah, Iâm smokinâ in the shadows, tryinâ to outrun ghosts
White lines on a mirror, but they linger the most
Lord, I know Iâm dancinâ with the edge of my soul
In a backroad town where the nights take control
Yeah, Iâm lost in the pine, where the blackbirds moan
Carvinâ marble headstones⊠just to feel less alone
(Bridge)
If I lay down tonight, will I wake up clean?
Or just fade to black in a bad manâs dream?
All this dust and sin got a hold on me tight
Like a preacherâs fire in the dead of night
(Final Chorus)
Still smokinâ in the shadows, but Iâm losinâ breath
Every step I take got me closer to death
Lord, if youâre listeninâ, donât forget my name
Iâve been playinâ your game, but I ainât the same
Hear the hammer ring through the cold gravestone
Carvinâ marble headstonesâŠ
Hopinâ one ainât my own