[Intro]
[hollow echo, distant chuckle]
(ha… ha… ha…)
You hear me
In the crawlspace of your head
(come closer)
[Verse 1]
Dragged my name through your black ink prayers
Still I rise from the ash you wear
Teeth like truth, yeah, they cut you clean
Every saint got a rot unseen
You point, you spit, call me disgrace
But I see the cracks in your pretty face
You hide your hunger in Sunday clothes
I keep my monsters where everyone knows (yeah)
[Chorus]
I’m a sinner, say it louder
Let the guilty throw their flowers
You can carve it in my skin
I will never kneel again
I’m a sinner, born defiant
Kiss the flame, I walk the fire
If I’m falling, I fall in
With a crooked, wicked grin (ha ha…)
[Verse 2]
You build thrones out of cheap confessions
Sell salvation like a cute obsession
Shake my hand with a poison smile
Then choke on the truth you’ve been calling denial
Halo tilted, yours just slipped
All that grace from a plastic script
You want clean hands, take my stain
I turn my shame into gasoline (light it)
[Chorus]
I’m a sinner, say it louder
Let the guilty throw their flowers
You can carve it in my skin
I will never kneel again
I’m a sinner, born defiant
Kiss the flame, I walk the fire
If I’m falling, I fall in
With a crooked, wicked grin
[Bridge]
[guitars drop to chugging half-time]
(yeah…)
Creep in your choir with a sharpened tongue
Every “amen” tastes like rust in my lungs
You pray for my end, I just laugh, unbent
‘Cause the devil you fear is your own intent
[whispered, close]
I see you
I hear you
I am you
(admit it…)
[growled]
I’m the stain you can’t scrub out
[Chorus]
I’m a sinner, say it louder
Let the guilty throw their flowers
You can carve it in my skin
I will never kneel again
I’m a sinner, born defiant
Kiss the flame, I walk the fire
If I’m falling, I fall in
With a crooked, wicked grin
[Outro]
[demonic growl over ringing chords]
Sinner…
(ha… ha… ha-ha-ha…)