Knuckle Down

[Verse 1]
All my branches break
When you go and tell me
Your body can't take
The nights of being lonely
I'm racing through the dark
A headless Saint Bernard
To cauterize the scars
That line your dirty heart

[Verse 2]
What the hell can I do
When you whisper, "punish me"?
Snap me like a tiger trap
I lost all my honey
I'm bracing for the shiver
String me in your quiver
Aim me for the skyline
But shoot me in the river

[Verse 3]
And terror quits me
When you palpitate
Confess directly
Sadness spreads your legs
I contemplate the toll
Turning diamonds into coal
Traveling down this hole
Throwing conscience to the wind

[Chorus]
That spins, it's not a path that
I ever thought I would traffic to get you back
Our panic will burst like birds full of aspirin
We're not to blame
It's the same as it was never before, so

[Verse 4]
I'm not a scoundrel
It's just the suit that fits me
Cut tight and breathes nice
Maintains insanity
Never thought I'd be like a hunger with no appetite
A hunter with no urge for thrills
The type of man I despise

[Verse 5]
So I ask the devil
How to learn to handle
Woman with a shovel
Digging downward spirals
He tells me what to do
And how to strut my cool
And polish up my boots
With all your lovers blood

[Chorus]
It's just, it's not a road that I ever thought
I would traffic to get you back
Our panic will burst like birds full of aspirin
We're not to blame
It's the same as it was never before, so

[Verse 6]
And I roam the trenches
Bayonet's just what I need
Hate you more than anything 'cause
You're everything to me, so
You met your match, don't even know it yet
Challenge? This ain't challenge
When evil's got your edge

[Chorus]
This time, it's not a road that I ever thought
I would traffic to get you back
Our panic will burst like birds full of aspirin
We are to blame
It's the same is it was never before, so-