Deal Gone Bad

[Intro]
[male vocal, low]
Signed in blood
On a barroom table
Thought I’d be chained
Found out I’m able
[female vocal]
He lit that match
Thought I’d burn slow
Now every time I walk
Even he says "oh, no"
[Verse 1]
[male]
Met him out past mile marker thirteen
Rust-red grin, long coat, eyes mean
Said, "Boy, you broke, you want that crown?
One lil’ scratch, whole life turned round"
[female]
I slid my name right under yours
Boot heel slammed, rattled those doors
He laughed first, said, "Dance for me"
Til I tore my chains like cheap jewelry
[male]
He gave me gold, gave me fast black steel
Gave me a crowd I could make kneel
But the first time hell tried to pull me in
The ground cracked open, wouldn’t take my sins
[Chorus]
[female + male]
I sold my soul, now the devil fears me
He don’t sleep when he hears me
Thunder in my throat when I call his name (call his name)
He thought he owned my breathing
Now he’s the one that’s leaving
Running from the fire he lit in my veins
I sold my soul, now the devil fears me
[Verse 2]
[female]
He shows up shaking in a smoky room
Says, "Girl, we gotta talk, you grew too soon"
I’m stirrin’ coffee with a silver knife
Say, "You’re the one who signed away my life"
[male]
I walk in boots like a marching drum
Each step lands, his demons run
Cross on my neck, but it’s turned around
I’m the storm he hears in the underground
[female]
He tried to raise those brimstone flames
I just laughed, started saying his names
One for the fear, two for the fall
Three for the day he lost it all
[male]
He can’t chain what was born unbroke
I turned his pitchfork into an old fence post
Hung my hat where his crown should be
Now hell’s house band playing under me
[Chorus]
[female + male]
I sold my soul, now the devil fears me
He don’t talk when he hears me
Lightning in my lungs when I curse his name (say his name)
He thought he wrote my ending
Now he’s the one that’s bending
Crawling from the fire he lit in my veins
I sold my soul, now the devil fears me
[Bridge]
[call & response]
[male]
Who’s that shaking in the pine-tree dark?
[female]
Just an old red shadow lost his spark
[male]
Who’s that knocking, begging at my door?
[female]
The same slick tongue that ain’t slick no more
[male, growled]
You ain’t my master, you’re my mark
[female]
You’re the hunted in your own damn dark
[together, shouted]
We paid that price, then we raised that fee
Now the devil’s got a debt to me
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
[female]
Signed in blood
Now I sign your fate
[male]
You made a monster
Now you showed up late
[together, low]
Barroom deal
Turned kingdom key
I sold my soul
Now the devil fears me

rap, Dark country-rap duet with male and female vocals trading lines; gritty slide guitar, banjo stabs, and a heavy trunk-rattling low end. Verses ride a swung trap-country groove, half-spoken, half-snarled. Choruses open up with big gang shouts, doubled harmonies, and stomps and claps that feel like a backwoods revival gone wrong. Production leans dry and in-your-face, vocal ad-libs and eerie whistles tucked in the background., soul, country