[Verse 1]
You stall out
On that red dirt halo
Knuckles raw
Clutching keys, won’t let go
Ash on your shirt
Laugh in your throat
You say you’re fine
But your eyes say “don’t”
[Pre-Chorus]
Every rut in the road
Knows your footprints by name
You keep burning your maps
Then you curse at the flame
[Chorus]
My brother’s on this red dirt
Spinning in the same old groove
Heart heavy like a lead shirt
Swears that he can’t, then he moves
If you’re going down, I’m going down too
I’ll drag these chains and run with you
My brother’s on this red dirt
But I won’t leave you buried in it
[Verse 2]
You cough smoke
Turn the joke on yourself
“Guess I’m stuck
On the back of this shelf”
But I’ve seen you
Storm like summer rain
Turn dead fields
Into something green again (oh yeah)
[Pre-Chorus]
When you choke on the dust
And your angels sound drunk
You can scream at the sky
I will crawl through your junk
[Chorus]
My brother’s on this red dirt
Spinning in the same old groove
Heart heavy like a lead shirt
Swears that he can’t, then he moves
If you’re going down, I’m going down too
I’ll drag these chains and run with you
My brother’s on this red dirt
But I won’t leave you buried in it
[Bridge]
[One vocal: raw scream]
Get up
Get up
This ground ain’t your grave
[Other vocal: melodic]
Lean on my lungs
When you’ve got nothing left to say
[Both]
We’ll tear these tracks
Till the earth gives way
If the world turns black
I’ll be your bright, loud ache (hey!)
[Chorus]
My brother’s on this red dirt
Spinning in the same old groove
Heart heavy like a lead shirt
Swears that he can’t, then he moves
If you’re going down, I’m going down too
I’ll drag these chains and run with you
My brother’s on this red dirt
And we’ll turn this dust to something living