The Face of God

(Verse 1)

The ditch was cold and the moon was thin

Just a shallow grave for the state I was in.

Two slugs in the chest from a lawman’s gun

Staring at the end of a long, dark run.

The sky ripped open like a weathered old tent

I saw where the souls of the wicked are sent.

I climbed through the smoke and I crawled through the mud

And I stared at the source of the fire and the blood.

(Chorus)

Thunder struck the ridge

The sky turned to red

I felt the hand of mercy on the crown of my head.

He didn't say a word, he just pointed the way

Back to the world of the light and the grey.

The mountain started shaking and the earth began to nod

Right there in the dirt, I saw the face of god.

(Verse 2)

He didn’t read my sins from a heavy gold book

He just gave me a long, hard, "where-you-been" look.

He reached into the dark, pulled the lead from my skin

Said, "The devil don't want you, so I’m letting you in."

Now I’m breathing again with a weight in my chest

You can't kill a man who’s been cursed by the best.

I woke in the weeds with the rain on my skin

Knowing exactly where my life should begin.

(Chorus)

Thunder struck the ridge

The sky turned to red

I felt the hand of mercy on the crown of my head.

He didn't say a word, he just pointed the way

Back to the world of the light and the grey.

The mountain started shaking and the earth began to nod

Right there in the dirt, I saw the face of god.

(Bridge)

I ain't a saint and I ain't a preacher

I’m just a man who met his teacher.

The law can come and the law can go

But I’ve seen things they’ll never know.

(Chorus)

Thunder struck the ridge

The sky turned to red

I felt the hand of mercy on the crown of my head.

He didn't say a word, he just pointed the way

Back to the world of the light and the grey.

The mountain started shaking and the earth began to nod

Right there in the dirt, I saw the face of god