“Sweat, Sin, and Sorrow”

Verse 1
Sweat-soaked summer, sweat-stained skin,
We swore we’d soar where the stars begin.
Moonlight madness, midnight’s sweet song,
Two hearts together, thought we couldn’t go wrong.

Verse 2
But fire fell fast when the fan hit the floor,
Foolishness, falsehood, I found at my door.
You were the river, I was the rain,
Now the flood of your faithlessness fuels my pain.

Chorus
Oh, love left lonesome, loyalty lost,
We paid the price, oh, the terrible cost.
Even if wrong was written, my heart stayed true,
But the hurt hammers heavy, and I’m breaking for you.

Verse 3
Dishonesty dancing, deceit in your eyes,
I trusted the thunder, but got only lies.
Still I remember the moon and the sweat,
The fire, the fervor, the life that we met.

Verse 4
You faltered, you flamed, but I’m still in the fight,
Even when darkness devours the light.
Because love ain’t a ledger, it don’t balance the pain,
It lingers, it burns, like a slow summer rain.

Chorus
Oh, love left lonesome, loyalty lost,
We paid the price, oh, the terrible cost.
Even if wrong was written, my heart stayed true,
But the hurt hammers heavy, and I’m breaking for you.

Bridge
Sweat, sin, and sorrow, they swirl in my soul,
Betrayal’s a bell that won’t stop tollin’.
I ain’t mad at the man, I ain’t mad at the night,
Just grieving the love that we couldn’t keep right.

Verse 5
Still I’d ride through the fire, still I’d stand in the rain,
Still I’d hold your heartbeat through heartache and pain.
Because even in darkness, even when you fall,
Love is the tether that binds through it all.

Chorus
Oh, love left lonesome, loyalty lost,
We paid the price, oh, the terrible cost.
Even if wrong was written, my heart stayed true,
But the hurt hammers heavy, and I’m breaking for you.

Outro
Sweat, sin, and sorrow, the story I sing,
Of love that could fly, and the pain that it brings.
I’m raspy, I’m raw, I’m broken, I’m blue,
But I’m still here, still holdin’ on to you.

Raspy country, gritty country, blues-rock, folk-blues, alternative rock, and alternative hip hop song